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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.)






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






5. Angela and Jay dance.






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






7. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






8. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






9. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






10. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






11. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






12. Marks






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






14. Study of the structure of words






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. The order in which events happen in time.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. Shows possession or ownership






28. 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






29. 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.






30. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






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. 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).






34. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






35. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






36. 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






37. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






38. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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).






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






45. 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.






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






47. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






48. 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.






49. 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






50. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.