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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. American Psycological Association
APA?
Objective Case Pronoun
Common Nouns
Other sources
2. 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
Infinitive Verb
Nominative Case Pronoun
Simple Sentence
Cause and Effect
3. Angela and Jay dance.
Ambiguity
Exclamatory Sentence
Imperative Sentence
Compound subject - single predicate
4. 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
Style
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Reflective Pronouns
Apostrophe
5. Each other - one another
Compound Pronouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Sarcasm
Plural Nouns
6. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Gerund
Etymology
Objective Case Noun
Nominative Case Pronoun
7. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Psycholinguistics
Illustration
Climax
8. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Apostrophe
To cite a book in APA format
Ethnolinguistics
9. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Sarcasm
Classification
Period
Concrete Nouns
10. Study of the structure of words
Future Perfect Tense
Personal Pronouns
Morphology
Sematics
11. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Simple Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
Writing Activities
Antecedent
12. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Neutral Nouns
Clauses
To cite a book in APA format
Simple Sentence
13. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Collective Nouns
Hyphen
Possessive Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
14. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Pragmatics
Exclamatory Sentence
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Antecedent
15. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Reference works
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Adjective
Imperative Sentence
16. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Compound Pronouns
Verbs
Intensive Pronouns
Comparison
17. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Comma
Brackets
Pragmatics
Interrogative Sentence
18. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Intransitive Verbs
Phrases
Exclamation Point
MLA
19. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Parentheses
Abstract Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
20. Marks
Tone
Past Tense
Sematics
Brackets
21. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Tone
Demonstrative Pronouns
22. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Compound Pronouns
Simple Pronouns
Proper Nouns
Concrete Nouns
23. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Sarcasm
Praise
Past Perfect Tense
Reflective Pronouns
24. Angela dances.
Objective Case Pronoun
Personal Pronouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
25. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
How to site for a book in MLA format
APA?
Adverbs
26. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Climax
Effective Sentence
Sematics
27. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Simple Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Feminine Nouns
28. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Objective Case Pronoun
Neutral Nouns
Apostrophe
Psycholinguistics
29. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Gerund
Exclamatory Sentence
Euphemism
Doublespeak
30. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Future Tense
Question Mark
Student - created sources
Chronological order
31. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Indefinite Nouns
Past Perfect Tense
Demonstrative Pronouns
32. 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).
Exclamatory Sentence
Transitive Verbs
Cause and Effect
Illustration
33. 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
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Hyphen
Doublespeak
Illustration
34. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Exclamatory Sentence
Comma
Compound Pronouns
Reflective Pronouns
35. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Etymology
Gerund
Exclamation Point
Antecedent
36. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Internet
Future Perfect Tense
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Indefinite Nouns
37. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Pragmatics
point of view
Compound subject - compound predicate
Concrete Nouns
38. 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.
Present Perfect Tense
Ineffective Sentences
English origins
Student - created sources
39. Modern Language Association
Etymology
Clauses
Collective Nouns
MLA
40. The study of meaning in a language
Writing Activities
Internet
Sematics
Reciprocal Pronouns
41. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Common Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Tone
Types of Source Material for Writing
42. 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'
Participle Verb
Etymology
Illustration
Style
43. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Tone
Past Perfect Tense
Intensive Pronouns
Jargon
44. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Relative Pronouns
Comma
Internet
Imperative Sentence
45. 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) -
Indefinite Pronouns
To cite a book in APA format
Simple Sentence
Morphology
46. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Types of Source Material for Writing
Jargon
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
47. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Masculine Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Other sources
Independent clause with two phrases
48. The writer shows how events and their results are related
MLA
Relative Pronouns
Cause and Effect
Possessive Pronouns
49. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Nominative Case Pronoun
Adverbs
Parentheses
Effective Sentence
50. 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
Illustration
Hyphen
Euphemism
Nominative Case Pronoun