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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






2. Modern Language Association






3. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses Ex: When Sara turned seven (dependent c) - her mother planned a birthday party for her (independent c) - and Sara invited everyone in her class (independent c).






4. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






5. 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) -






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






7. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






9. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






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






11. A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses - often joined by one or more conjunctions Ex: Perry wants to stay in shape - so he rides his bicycle for exercise.






12. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






13. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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






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






22. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






23. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






24. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






25. 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






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






27. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






28. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.






29. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






30. The study of the structure of sentences






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. The writer shows how events and their results are related






34. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






35. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






36. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






37. Verbs that do not require an object to express their meaning - the action they express is complete by itself - 'eat' 'Jump' e.g. The cat napped






38. Shows possession or ownership






39. Verb that can be used as a adjective. Present ends in - ing -----*Past ends in ed.- d -- t -- en -- n (The TERRIFYING movie was rated 'R') Ex. 'singing waiter' and 'baked goods'






40. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






41. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






42. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun






43. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






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






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






46. Verbs that take a direct object - words or word groups that complete the meaning of a verb by naming a reciver of the action Ex. Daniel (subject) threw (transitive verb) the ball (direct object).






47. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






48. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






49. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






50. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe