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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






3. Marks






4. 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






5. 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.






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






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






9. 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).






10. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






12. Each other - one another






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






19. The study of the structure of sentences






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






21. Film - art - media and so on






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






23. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






24. 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'






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






26. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






27. 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.






28. Modern Language Association






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






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






31. Shows possession or ownership






32. 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.)






33. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






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






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






36. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






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






38. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






39. 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






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






41. 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) -






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






43. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






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






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






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






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






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






49. The order in which events happen in time.






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