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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. Anglo - Saxon - which is a dialect of West Germanic. Half of the words in English come from French. Scientific words in English often have Greek or Latin roots.






2. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






3. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






4. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






5. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






6. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






7. Show possession or ownership my - mine - your(s) - his - her(s) - its - our(s) - their(s) - whose e.g. If this book isn't HERS - then it must be MINE.






8. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






9. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children






10. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill. SWIMMING is Alice's favourite form of exercise.






11. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






12. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






13. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






14. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






15. A perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future e.g. By this time next year - Stephen 'will have completed' all the course work for his HVAC certification.






16. Refer to or replace nouns in a general way. They are also used as adjectives. They are then followed by a noun - as in BOTH DOGS or EACH BOOK. all - any - anyone - both - each - either - every - many - neither - nobody - no one - nothing - other(s) -






17. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






18. American Psycological Association






19. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






20. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






21. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






22. Angela and Jay dance.






23. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






24. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






25. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






26. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers. Each pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person and number. e.g. The BOYS are going to the game this weekend. THEY need to buy tickets.






27. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






28. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






29. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






30. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






31. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






32. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






33. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






34. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






35. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






36. Film - art - media and so on






37. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






38. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






39. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






40. A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text






41. Angela dances.






42. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






43. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






44. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






45. Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause (who - whom - whose - which - that and all of the W's + ever) e.g. The person THAT gave you the book is the boy WHO likes me.






46. Refer to people or animals - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - me - him - her - us - them e.g. THEY told US that THEY were going to meet HER at the mall.






47. An interchange of the action started by the verb. There are only two in English: EACH OTHER for an involving two and ONE ANOTHER for an interaction involving three or more. e.g. After the debate - the two opponents shook hands with EACH OTHER.






48. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






49. A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period






50. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources