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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






2. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






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






4. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






5. Verbs that do not require an object to express their meaning - the action they express is complete by itself - 'eat' 'Jump' e.g. The cat napped






6. 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.






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






8. Angela dances.






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






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






11. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






12. 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






13. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






14. 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).






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






16. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






18. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






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






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






21. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






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






23. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






24. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






27. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






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






36. Study of the history and origin of words






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






38. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






41. 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






42. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






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






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






45. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






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






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






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






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






50. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning