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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






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






5. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers. Each pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person and number. e.g. The BOYS are going to the game this weekend. THEY need to buy tickets.






6. 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






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






8. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






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






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






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






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






13. 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.)






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






15. 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.






16. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






19. Marks






20. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






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






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






28. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






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






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






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






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






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






34. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






35. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






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






37. Study of the history and origin of words






38. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






39. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






40. Modern Language Association






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






47. Shows possession or ownership






48. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






50. American Psycological Association