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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






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






3. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






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






7. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






8. 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






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






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






11. Study of the history and origin of words






12. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






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






15. 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.






16. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






18. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






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






21. A verb ending in - ing and functions as a noun; example: ESTIMATING is an important mathematics skill. SWIMMING is Alice's favourite form of exercise.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. The study of the structure of sentences






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






30. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






31. 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






32. 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






33. Angela dances.






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






35. 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) -






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






37. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






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






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






40. The study of meaning in a language






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. Modern Language Association






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






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






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