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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Modern Language Association






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






8. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






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






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






11. 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.






12. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






14. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






22. 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.)






23. Shows possession or ownership






24. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






25. Study of the structure of words






26. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Study of the history and origin of words






34. The study of meaning in a language






35. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






38. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






39. 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






40. 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.






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






42. Verb that can be used as a adjective. Present ends in - ing -----*Past ends in ed.- d -- t -- en -- n (The TERRIFYING movie was rated 'R') Ex. 'singing waiter' and 'baked goods'






43. 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






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






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






46. 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).






47. 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






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






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






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