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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Nominative Case Pronoun
Question Mark
Transitive Verbs
Illustration
2. 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.
Singular Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
Antecedent
Personal Pronouns
3. The study of meaning in a language
Indefinite Pronouns
Sematics
Relative Pronouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
4. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Question Mark
Sociolinguistics
Interrogative Pronouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
5. 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.
Clauses
Reciprocal Pronouns
Future Tense
Ambiguity
6. 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.
Future Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Hyphen
Compound Sentence
7. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
English origins
Ineffective Sentences
Interrogative Pronouns
8. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Conditional Sentence
Verbs
Syntax
point of view
9. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound Pronouns
Counterpoint
Reflective Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
10. Shows possession or ownership
Masculine Nouns
Possessive Case Noun
Nominative Case Noun
Jargon
11. 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
Objective Case Noun
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Euphemism
Sarcasm
12. 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.
Gerund
Ineffective Sentences
Nominative Case Noun
How to site for a book in MLA format
13. 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
Future Tense
Proper Nouns
Hyphen
Collective Nouns
14. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Types of Source Material for Writing
Collective Nouns
Relative Pronouns
Interrogative Sentence
15. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Masculine Nouns
Ambiguity
Compound Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
16. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Classification
Phrasal Pronouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
17. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Future Tense
Phonology
Writing Activities
Apostrophe
18. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
APA?
Simple Sentence
Future Perfect Tense
19. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Student - created sources
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Cause and Effect
Dash
20. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
location
Antecedent
21. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
location
Indefinite Pronouns
Participle Verb
Tone
22. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
Simple Pronouns
Objective Case Noun
Psycholinguistics
23. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
MLA
Etymology
24. 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).
Exclamatory Sentence
Transitive Verbs
Future Tense
Effective Sentence
25. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Simple Pronouns
Writing Activities
Comparison
Masculine Nouns
26. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Tone
Parentheses
Complex Sentence
27. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Adverbs
Independent clause with two phrases
Future Tense
Apostrophe
28. American Psycological Association
Plural Nouns
APA?
Dash
Illustration
29. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Demonstrative Pronouns
Phonology
Jargon
Past Perfect Tense
30. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Collective Nouns
Simple Pronouns
Common Nouns
Illustration
31. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Phonology
Neutral Nouns
Antecedent
32. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Singular Nouns
Praise
Infinitive Verb
Interrogative Pronouns
33. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Plural Nouns
Internet
Reflective Pronouns
34. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Masculine Nouns
Period
Compound Pronouns
Question Mark
35. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Feminine Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Doublespeak
Verbs
36. The order in which events happen in time.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Possessive Pronouns
Chronological order
37. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Reference works
Phonetics
Demonstrative Pronouns
Phrases
38. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Future Perfect Tense
Brackets
Classification
Single Subject - Single Predicate
39. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Infinitive Verb
Types of Source Material for Writing
Apostrophe
Past Tense
40. 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
Ethnolinguistics
Ineffective Sentences
Reciprocal Pronouns
To cite a book in APA format
41. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Ethnolinguistics
Tone
Feminine Nouns
42. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Possessive Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Hyphen
Exclamation Point
43. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Parentheses
Concrete Nouns
Past Tense
Compound Pronouns
44. Study of the history and origin of words
Etymology
Past Tense
Plural Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
45. 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.
Student - created sources
English origins
Reciprocal Pronouns
Brackets
46. Marks
Hyphen
Brackets
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Indefinite Pronouns
47. 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.
Participle Verb
Compound Sentence
Pragmatics
Phrases
48. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Praise
Climax
Reference works
Future Perfect Tense
49. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Exclamation Point
Reflective Pronouns
Style
Clauses
50. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Apostrophe
Question Mark
Conditional Sentence
Cause and Effect