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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Chronological order
Phonology
Future Tense
Proper Nouns
2. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Antecedent
location
Concrete Nouns
Effective Sentence
3. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Intensive Pronouns
Cause and Effect
Phonetics
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
4. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Praise
Climax
Sociolinguistics
Objective Case Noun
5. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Syntax
Ambiguity
Feminine Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
6. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Types of Source Material for Writing
Brackets
Cause and Effect
Common Nouns
7. 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
Pragmatics
Nominative Case Pronoun
location
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
8. 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.
Possessive Pronouns
Clauses
Dash
Morphology
9. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Present Tense
Clauses
Reflective Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
10. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Writing Activities
Simple Sentence
Doublespeak
Singular Nouns
11. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Jargon
Objective Case Pronoun
Clauses
Intransitive Verbs
12. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Adjective
Pragmatics
Ineffective Sentences
Compound subject - compound predicate
13. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Declarative Sentence
Possessive Case Pronoun
Praise
14. Angela dances.
Simple Pronouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Morphology
Objective Case Noun
15. 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.
Conditional Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Plural Nouns
16. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Phrases
point of view
Plural Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
17. American Psycological Association
Compound/ Complex Sentence
APA?
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Adjective
18. 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
Abstract Nouns
Counterpoint
Reflective Pronouns
19. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Independent clause with two phrases
Abstract Nouns
Phonology
Indefinite Pronouns
20. 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.
Possessive Case Pronoun
Antecedent
Exclamation Point
Abstract Nouns
21. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Comma
Ineffective Sentences
Indefinite Nouns
Comparison
22. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Possessive Case Noun
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Possessive Pronouns
Reference works
23. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Types of Source Material for Writing
To cite a book in APA format
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
location
24. Marks
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Brackets
Adverbs
Rhetoric organizational patterns
25. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Psycholinguistics
Relative Pronouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Simple Sentence
26. 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.
Phrasal Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
Parentheses
Objective Case Noun
27. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Ethnolinguistics
Present Tense
Sociolinguistics
Reciprocal Pronouns
28. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Types of Source Material for Writing
Reference works
Collective Nouns
Compound subject - single predicate
29. 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
Climax
Objective Case Pronoun
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Possessive Case Noun
30. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Objective Case Pronoun
Pragmatics
Classification
Indefinite Nouns
31. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Complex Sentence
point of view
Imperative Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
32. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Antecedent
Present Tense
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
33. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
To cite a book in APA format
Compound/ Complex Sentence
34. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Neutral Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Sematics
To cite a book in APA format
35. 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
Reference works
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Style
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
36. 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.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
Objective Case Pronoun
Intensive Pronouns
37. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Complex Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Nominative Case Pronoun
Feminine Nouns
38. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Possessive Case Pronoun
Sociolinguistics
Tone
Concrete Nouns
39. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Other sources
Relative Pronouns
Feminine Nouns
Euphemism
40. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Internet
Future Perfect Tense
Compound subject - single predicate
41. Shows possession or ownership
Parentheses
Compound subject - compound predicate
Possessive Case Noun
Chronological order
42. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
APA?
Adverbs
Conditional Sentence
43. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Exclamation Point
Verbs
Sociolinguistics
Declarative Sentence
44. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Conditional Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
Tone
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
45. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Internet
Phrases
Indefinite Pronouns
Participle Verb
46. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Comparison
Infinitive Verb
Masculine Nouns
Syntax
47. 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
Possessive Case Pronoun
Hyphen
Collective Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
48. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Ethnolinguistics
Adverbs
Transitive Verbs
49. Study of the structure of words
Jargon
Morphology
Style
Possessive Case Noun
50. Modern Language Association
Classification
Internet
MLA
Parentheses