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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






4. 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).






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






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






7. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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'






13. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






14. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






15. 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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Study of the history and origin of words






24. 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.






25. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






26. 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






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






28. 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.






29. 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) -






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






31. The study of meaning in a language






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






33. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






34. Film - art - media and so on






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






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






44. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






46. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






48. The order in which events happen in time.






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