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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. Each other - one another
How to site for a book in MLA format
Phrasal Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
2. Study of the structure of words
Dash
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Morphology
Concrete Nouns
3. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Personal Pronouns
Phonology
Question Mark
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
4. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Doublespeak
Intransitive Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
Present Perfect Tense
5. Shows possession or ownership
point of view
Personal Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
APA?
6. 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.)
Apostrophe
Complex Sentence
Conditional Sentence
Collective Nouns
7. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Possessive Case Noun
Abstract Nouns
Hyphen
Morphology
8. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Internet
Simple Sentence
Past Tense
Single Subject - Single Predicate
9. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Dash
Present Perfect Tense
Student - created sources
10. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
English origins
Reference works
Etymology
Phonology
11. 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.
Feminine Nouns
Internet
Present Perfect Tense
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
12. 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
Declarative Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Nominative Case Pronoun
Participle Verb
13. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Abstract Nouns
Pragmatics
Plural Nouns
Present Tense
14. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Reflective Pronouns
Other sources
Jargon
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
15. 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
Style
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Singular Nouns
Comparison
16. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Intensive Pronouns
Praise
Gerund
Imperative Sentence
17. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill. SWIMMING is Alice's favourite form of exercise.
Past Perfect Tense
Gerund
Phrases
Proper Nouns
18. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Declarative Sentence
Intensive Pronouns
Counterpoint
19. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Question Mark
Personal Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
Feminine Nouns
20. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Sarcasm
Writing Activities
Syntax
21. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Comma
Simple Pronouns
Doublespeak
Style
22. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Possessive Case Noun
Verbs
Simple Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
23. 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
Tone
Interrogative Sentence
Masculine Nouns
24. 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.
Clauses
location
Cause and Effect
Future Perfect Tense
25. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Present Tense
Conditional Sentence
Verbs
Independent clause with two phrases
26. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Comma
Simple Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Apostrophe
27. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Sociolinguistics
MLA
Counterpoint
Compound Sentence
28. The study of the structure of sentences
To cite a book in APA format
English origins
Collective Nouns
Syntax
29. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Collective Nouns
Neutral Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Writing Activities
30. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Jargon
Reference works
Present Tense
Nominative Case Noun
31. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Conditional Sentence
Counterpoint
Objective Case Pronoun
Past Tense
32. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Compound Sentence
To cite a book in APA format
Tone
Possessive Case Noun
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.
Imperative Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
Present Tense
Compound Sentence
34. Study of the history and origin of words
Compound Sentence
Doublespeak
Etymology
Counterpoint
35. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Compound Pronouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Masculine Nouns
Collective Nouns
36. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Declarative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
Singular Nouns
Euphemism
37. The study of meaning in a language
Syntax
Praise
Simple Sentence
Sematics
38. 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).
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Adjective
Compound Sentence
Reflective Pronouns
39. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Feminine Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
Possessive Case Pronoun
Classification
40. 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.
Clauses
Internet
Possessive Pronouns
Verbs
41. Refer to people or animals - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - me - him - her - us - them e.g. THEY told US that THEY were going to meet HER at the mall.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Exclamatory Sentence
Style
Personal Pronouns
42. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Complex Sentence
Conditional Sentence
location
Etymology
43. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Compound Sentence
Gerund
Types of Source Material for Writing
44. 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) -
Simple Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Nominative Case Noun
Indefinite Pronouns
45. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Present Tense
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Effective Sentence
Adjective
46. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Possessive Case Noun
Doublespeak
Ethnolinguistics
Parentheses
47. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Exclamation Point
Ineffective Sentences
Phonetics
Phrasal Pronouns
48. 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.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Phonology
Chronological order
English origins
49. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Singular Nouns
Clauses
Reference works
50. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Parentheses
Climax
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Psycholinguistics