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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






2. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






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






6. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






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






8. 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.






9. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






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






11. The order in which events happen in time.






12. 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






13. Marks






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






15. Modern Language Association






16. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






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






18. The study of meaning in a language






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






27. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






28. 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.






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






30. 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).






31. 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'






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






38. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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






41. Each other - one another






42. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






43. 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






44. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






50. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -