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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






2. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






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






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






6. 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).






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






8. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






9. 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.






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






11. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






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






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






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






20. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






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






24. 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).






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






26. 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






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






28. E.g. floor - desk - computer






29. The study of the structure of sentences






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Study of the history and origin of words






40. 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.






41. 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






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






43. Modern Language Association






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






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






46. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






48. 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'






49. Marks






50. 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.