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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The study of meaning in a language






2. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






4. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






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






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






8. American Psycological Association






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






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






11. 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'






12. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






13. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






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






18. 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).






19. The order in which events happen in time.






20. 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.






21. Angela and Jay dance.






22. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Ex: If you want to stay healthy(dependent c.) - you must choose your food carefully(independent c.)






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Each other - one another






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. Modern Language Association






46. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






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






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






49. 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






50. 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