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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
Effective Sentence
Masculine Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
2. 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
Morphology
Style
Past Perfect Tense
Simple Sentence
3. 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
Sarcasm
Intensive Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Past Perfect Tense
4. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Adverbs
Possessive Case Noun
Gerund
Climax
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
Intransitive Verbs
Comma
Chronological order
Period
6. Shows possession or ownership
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Singular Nouns
Possessive Case Noun
Exclamation Point
7. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Possessive Case Pronoun
Reflective Pronouns
Comparison
Compound Sentence
8. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
Etymology
Abstract Nouns
Reference works
9. The study of meaning in a language
location
Student - created sources
Sematics
Adverbs
10. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
point of view
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Present Tense
Comparison
11. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Simple Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
12. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Comparison
Sarcasm
Etymology
Declarative Sentence
13. 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.
Adverbs
Verbs
Present Tense
Gerund
14. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Euphemism
Interrogative Sentence
Independent clause with two phrases
Sematics
15. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Style
Neutral Nouns
Writing Activities
Verbs
16. Film - art - media and so on
Psycholinguistics
Types of Source Material for Writing
Possessive Pronouns
Other sources
17. 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).
Transitive Verbs
Past Tense
Writing Activities
Sarcasm
18. 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 Pronoun
Infinitive Verb
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Comparison
19. Each other - one another
Independent clause with two phrases
Phrasal Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Concrete Nouns
20. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Reflective Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
Collective Nouns
21. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Phrases
Compound subject - single predicate
How to site for a book in MLA format
Exclamatory Sentence
22. American Psycological Association
Imperative Sentence
Verbs
APA?
Possessive Case Noun
23. 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
Counterpoint
Praise
Compound subject - single predicate
Hyphen
24. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Interrogative Pronouns
Period
Classification
How to site for a book in MLA format
25. 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.
Types of Source Material for Writing
Exclamation Point
Phonetics
Reciprocal Pronouns
26. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Tone
Infinitive Verb
Verbs
Simple Sentence
27. The order in which events happen in time.
Other sources
Future Tense
Chronological order
Transitive Verbs
28. Marks
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Exclamatory Sentence
Brackets
Student - created sources
29. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Climax
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
To cite a book in APA format
30. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Masculine Nouns
Euphemism
Tone
Brackets
31. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Abstract Nouns
Psycholinguistics
Etymology
32. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Verbs
Ambiguity
Objective Case Pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
33. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Participle Verb
Parentheses
Demonstrative Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
34. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Euphemism
Period
Compound Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
35. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Imperative Sentence
Apostrophe
Brackets
Transitive Verbs
36. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Sematics
Syntax
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Types of Source Material for Writing
37. Study of the structure of words
Transitive Verbs
APA?
Morphology
Objective Case Noun
38. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Indefinite Pronouns
Sematics
Complex Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
39. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Compound Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
Independent clause with two phrases
Climax
40. 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.
Ambiguity
Possessive Pronouns
MLA
Gerund
41. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Possessive Case Noun
Phonetics
Intensive Pronouns
Exclamation Point
42. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Declarative Sentence
Masculine Nouns
Possessive Case Noun
Infinitive Verb
43. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Imperative Sentence
Reference works
Praise
Present Perfect Tense
44. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Demonstrative Pronouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Phonology
45. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Ambiguity
Conditional Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Effective Sentence
46. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Doublespeak
Chronological order
Compound/ Complex Sentence
point of view
47. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses Ex: When Sara turned seven (dependent c) - her mother planned a birthday party for her (independent c) - and Sara invited everyone in her class (independent c).
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Adverbs
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Independent clause with two phrases
48. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Comparison
Simple Pronouns
Phonology
Nominative Case Noun
49. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Syntax
Future Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
50. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Euphemism
To cite a book in APA format
Types of Source Material for Writing
Apostrophe