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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






3. 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.






4. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






5. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






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






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






8. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






9. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






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






11. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






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






19. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






20. Modern Language Association






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






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






23. Study of the structure of words






24. American Psycological Association






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Film - art - media and so on






36. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






37. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






38. 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






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






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






41. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






42. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






43. 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






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






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






46. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






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






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







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