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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Compound Sentence
Present Tense
Types of Source Material for Writing
Antecedent
2. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Declarative Sentence
Collective Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Neutral Nouns
3. Shows possession or ownership
Ineffective Sentences
Period
Cause and Effect
Possessive Case Noun
4. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Personal Pronouns
Morphology
point of view
Writing Activities
5. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Concrete Nouns
Writing Activities
Verbs
6. 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
Antecedent
Exclamation Point
Ineffective Sentences
Tone
7. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Question Mark
Plural Nouns
8. Each other - one another
Comma
Common Nouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Phrasal Pronouns
9. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Common Nouns
Other sources
Declarative Sentence
10. 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
Possessive Case Noun
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Student - created sources
How to site for a book in MLA format
11. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Ethnolinguistics
Past Tense
Objective Case Pronoun
Objective Case Noun
12. 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.
Tone
Present Perfect Tense
Phonetics
Indefinite Nouns
13. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Abstract Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Adverbs
14. 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.
Adverbs
Verbs
Antecedent
Independent clause with two phrases
15. 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).
Phonetics
Chronological order
Collective Nouns
Transitive Verbs
16. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Apostrophe
Participle Verb
Period
Parentheses
17. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Reciprocal Pronouns
Classification
Student - created sources
Imperative Sentence
18. Study of the history and origin of words
Interrogative Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
Etymology
Ineffective Sentences
19. 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.
Abstract Nouns
Period
Compound subject - single predicate
Compound Sentence
20. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Reciprocal Pronouns
Ambiguity
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Verbs
21. Study of the structure of words
Cause and Effect
Phonology
Style
Morphology
22. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Masculine Nouns
Style
Independent clause with two phrases
Verbs
23. 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.
English origins
Praise
Comma
Objective Case Pronoun
24. 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) -
Period
Independent clause with two phrases
Possessive Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
25. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Complex Sentence
Simple Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
26. 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.
Writing Activities
Singular Nouns
Personal Pronouns
Sarcasm
27. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Style
Collective Nouns
Jargon
Clauses
28. The study of the structure of sentences
Syntax
Common Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Possessive Case Noun
29. Can be the subject of a clause - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - is a predicate nominative if it follows a 'be' verb or another linking verb and renames the subject
Ambiguity
Objective Case Pronoun
English origins
Nominative Case Pronoun
30. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Internet
Jargon
Comparison
Syntax
31. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Compound Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Transitive Verbs
Imperative Sentence
32. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
Declarative Sentence
Euphemism
Phrasal Pronouns
33. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Ambiguity
Proper Nouns
Exclamation Point
Types of Source Material for Writing
34. 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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Clauses
Indefinite Nouns
Personal Pronouns
35. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Comparison
Nominative Case Noun
Neutral Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
36. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Morphology
Cause and Effect
location
37. 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.
Parentheses
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Gerund
Psycholinguistics
38. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Indefinite Pronouns
Ambiguity
Euphemism
Illustration
39. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Classification
Plural Nouns
APA?
Past Tense
40. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Reference works
Period
Past Tense
Nominative Case Noun
41. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Phonetics
Etymology
Effective Sentence
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.
Comparison
Possessive Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
43. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Complex Sentence
Demonstrative Pronouns
Simple Sentence
44. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
To cite a book in APA format
Climax
Pragmatics
Phonetics
45. Marks
Nominative Case Pronoun
Nominative Case Noun
Brackets
Ethnolinguistics
46. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Doublespeak
Interrogative Pronouns
To cite a book in APA format
Indefinite Pronouns
47. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Masculine Nouns
Writing Activities
Compound/ Complex Sentence
48. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Conditional Sentence
Simple Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
Transitive Verbs
49. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Comma
Objective Case Pronoun
Reciprocal Pronouns
Verbs
50. 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.
Nominative Case Pronoun
Intensive Pronouns
Simple Sentence
Doublespeak