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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






2. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






3. Study of the structure of words






4. 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






5. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






7. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






8. 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.






9. 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.)






10. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






13. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






19. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






20. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






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






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






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






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






30. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. American Psycological Association






39. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






40. Marks






41. 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.






42. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






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






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






45. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






46. Angela dances.






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what