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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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.






2. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






3. The study of meaning in a language






4. Modern Language Association






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






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






7. An interchange of the action started by the verb. There are only two in English: EACH OTHER for an involving two and ONE ANOTHER for an interaction involving three or more. e.g. After the debate - the two opponents shook hands with EACH OTHER.






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






9. 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.






10. The study of the structure of sentences






11. 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.)






12. American Psycological Association






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






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






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






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






25. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






31. Film - art - media and so on






32. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






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






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






36. 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'






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






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






39. 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






40. 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.






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






42. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






44. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






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






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






47. The order in which events happen in time.






48. 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.






49. 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.






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