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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






2. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






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






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






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






13. American Psycological Association






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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'






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Unnatural language - such as cliches and inappropriate jargon - Nonstandard language or unparallel construction - Errors such as disagreement between pronouns and referent - Short - stilted sentences; run - on sentenences; or sentence fragments






37. Angela dances.






38. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






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






41. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






43. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






44. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






48. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






49. 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.






50. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.