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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.)






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






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






11. 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






12. Each other - one another






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






14. 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






15. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Modern Language Association






23. American Psycological Association






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






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






26. Film - art - media and so on






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






30. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






33. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






34. The study of meaning in a language






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






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






37. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






38. 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






39. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






41. The study of the structure of sentences






42. Study of the structure of words






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






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






45. 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).






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






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






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






49. Marks






50. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?