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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






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






4. Angela and Jay dance.






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






9. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. The writer shows how events and their results are related






15. Film - art - media and so on






16. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






17. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






18. American Psycological Association






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Marks






25. The study of the structure of sentences






26. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






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






28. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






35. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






36. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






38. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






39. 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) -






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms