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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






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






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






5. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. These help the main word verb describe action that happened in the past - is happening in the present - or will happen in the future; have - had - has - could - will have - will - shall - am - is






19. Each other - one another






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






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






22. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






30. 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.






31. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






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






33. 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).






34. 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.






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






36. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






38. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






41. 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).






42. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






43. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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