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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Morphology
Feminine Nouns
Tone
Clauses
2. 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.
Ambiguity
Interrogative Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Reciprocal Pronouns
3. 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.
Future Tense
Relative Pronouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Possessive Pronouns
4. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Comma
Possessive Case Pronoun
Jargon
Interrogative Pronouns
5. The study of the structure of sentences
Apostrophe
Feminine Nouns
Internet
Syntax
6. 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.
Adverbs
Syntax
Future Perfect Tense
Compound Pronouns
7. 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.
Declarative Sentence
English origins
Past Tense
Simple Pronouns
8. 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.
Intensive Pronouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Phrasal Pronouns
Praise
9. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Reciprocal Pronouns
Common Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Adjective
10. 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
Relative Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
Morphology
Gerund
11. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Question Mark
Plural Nouns
Student - created sources
Internet
12. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Phrases
Independent clause with two phrases
Present Tense
Demonstrative Pronouns
13. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
point of view
Question Mark
Singular Nouns
Exclamation Point
14. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun
Declarative Sentence
Ineffective Sentences
Compound Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
15. 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
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Interrogative Pronouns
Doublespeak
Neutral Nouns
16. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Ambiguity
Proper Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
Neutral Nouns
17. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
Possessive Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Phrasal Pronouns
18. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Student - created sources
Singular Nouns
Proper Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
19. 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.
Hyphen
Personal Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Conditional Sentence
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
Verbs
Neutral Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Collective Nouns
21. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Sarcasm
point of view
Past Perfect Tense
Phrases
22. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Hyphen
Compound subject - compound predicate
Collective Nouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
23. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Nominative Case Noun
Writing Activities
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Ineffective Sentences
24. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
Compound Sentence
25. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Intransitive Verbs
Simple Pronouns
Simple Sentence
Personal Pronouns
26. 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
Plural Nouns
Question Mark
Etymology
Dash
27. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Verbs
Neutral Nouns
Adjective
28. Marks
Counterpoint
Brackets
Phrases
Style
29. 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
Jargon
location
Hyphen
Future Tense
30. Study of the structure of words
Morphology
Reflective Pronouns
Ambiguity
Hyphen
31. American Psycological Association
Neutral Nouns
Simple Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
APA?
32. Film - art - media and so on
Possessive Case Noun
Adverbs
Compound subject - single predicate
Other sources
33. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Nominative Case Noun
Psycholinguistics
Abstract Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
34. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Proper Nouns
Collective Nouns
Singular Nouns
Period
35. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Nominative Case Pronoun
Tone
Exclamation Point
Apostrophe
36. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Phonetics
Clauses
Jargon
Sematics
37. 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.)
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Parentheses
Complex Sentence
Style
38. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Possessive Case Pronoun
Conditional Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
Morphology
39. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Demonstrative Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Cause and Effect
Compound/ Complex Sentence
40. 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
Counterpoint
Adjective
Exclamation Point
Style
41. Refer to or replace nouns in a general way. They are also used as adjectives. They are then followed by a noun - as in BOTH DOGS or EACH BOOK. all - any - anyone - both - each - either - every - many - neither - nobody - no one - nothing - other(s) -
Past Tense
Compound Pronouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Indefinite Pronouns
42. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Sociolinguistics
Antecedent
Participle Verb
Ethnolinguistics
43. 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.
Antecedent
Concrete Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Apostrophe
44. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Intensive Pronouns
Dash
Indefinite Pronouns
45. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Personal Pronouns
Morphology
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
46. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Compound Pronouns
Verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
Internet
47. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Common Nouns
Singular Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Declarative Sentence
48. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Present Perfect Tense
Transitive Verbs
Concrete Nouns
Reference works
49. 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'
Nominative Case Noun
Sociolinguistics
Participle Verb
Antecedent
50. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Concrete Nouns
Counterpoint
Compound Pronouns
Antecedent