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






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






4. 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






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






6. Modern Language Association






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






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






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






10. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






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






12. Angela dances.






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






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






15. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






16. E.g. floor - desk - computer






17. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






18. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






20. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house






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






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






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






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






25. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.






26. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






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






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






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






30. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






31. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






33. 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.






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






35. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






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






37. Shows possession or ownership






38. 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).






39. 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.






40. Every language as a dialect of an older communication form. Example: English two main dialects - British English and American English and they are close political allies






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






42. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






43. 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).






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






45. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






47. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






48. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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