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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Etymology
Other sources
Neutral Nouns
Feminine Nouns
2. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Reflective Pronouns
Cause and Effect
Psycholinguistics
Simple Sentence
3. 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) -
Objective Case Noun
Indefinite Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Writing Activities
4. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Collective Nouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Writing Activities
Clauses
5. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Period
Common Nouns
Gerund
Collective Nouns
6. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Praise
Euphemism
Classification
Reference works
7. Can be the subject of a clause - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - is a predicate nominative if it follows a 'be' verb or another linking verb and renames the subject
Cause and Effect
Dash
Nominative Case Pronoun
Abstract Nouns
8. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Intransitive Verbs
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Future Tense
Compound subject - single predicate
9. 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
Personal Pronouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
location
Style
10. Shows possession or ownership
Nominative Case Noun
Compound subject - compound predicate
Parentheses
Possessive Case Noun
11. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Future Perfect Tense
Praise
MLA
Phrases
12. 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
Dash
Writing Activities
Jargon
Reciprocal Pronouns
13. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Other sources
Independent clause with two phrases
Climax
Adverbs
14. 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.
Antecedent
Period
Masculine Nouns
Parentheses
15. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Singular Nouns
Future Tense
To cite a book in APA format
Common Nouns
16. 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
Psycholinguistics
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Intransitive Verbs
Cause and Effect
17. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Feminine Nouns
Psycholinguistics
Compound Pronouns
18. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Present Perfect Tense
Adverbs
Objective Case Pronoun
Comma
19. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
How to site for a book in MLA format
Present Tense
Complex Sentence
Future Perfect Tense
20. 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
Future Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Antecedent
Ineffective Sentences
21. 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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Objective Case Pronoun
Ethnolinguistics
MLA
22. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Reference works
Reflective Pronouns
Parentheses
Etymology
23. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Jargon
Demonstrative Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Ethnolinguistics
24. 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.
Imperative Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Relative Pronouns
25. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Exclamation Point
Ambiguity
Phonetics
MLA
26. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Counterpoint
Etymology
Cause and Effect
Concrete Nouns
27. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Possessive Pronouns
Comma
Adjective
Pragmatics
28. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Demonstrative Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Interrogative Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
29. The study of the structure of sentences
Adjective
Comma
Syntax
Style
30. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Dash
Collective Nouns
point of view
Types of Source Material for Writing
31. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Counterpoint
Phonology
Gerund
32. Each other - one another
Phrasal Pronouns
Phonetics
Reference works
Indefinite Pronouns
33. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
MLA
Declarative Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
Other sources
34. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Internet
Gerund
Morphology
Phonology
35. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Transitive Verbs
Declarative Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Singular Nouns
36. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Present Tense
Intransitive Verbs
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Counterpoint
37. 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.
Writing Activities
Intensive Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Exclamation Point
38. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Period
Feminine Nouns
Dash
39. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Chronological order
Phrasal Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
Collective Nouns
40. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Sematics
English origins
Brackets
Apostrophe
41. 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
Pragmatics
Relative Pronouns
Hyphen
location
42. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Possessive Case Noun
Feminine Nouns
Period
Question Mark
43. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Reference works
Simple Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
44. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Personal Pronouns
Clauses
Classification
Possessive Case Pronoun
45. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
46. Marks
Masculine Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Brackets
Compound/ Complex Sentence
47. The order in which events happen in time.
Chronological order
Doublespeak
Possessive Case Noun
Possessive Pronouns
48. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Gerund
location
Nominative Case Pronoun
Comparison
49. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Personal Pronouns
Sematics
Compound Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
50. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Adverbs
To cite a book in APA format
Euphemism