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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Possessive Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Exclamatory Sentence
2. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Relative Pronouns
Proper Nouns
Phonetics
Effective Sentence
3. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Sematics
Exclamation Point
Objective Case Pronoun
Present Tense
4. 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.
Future Perfect Tense
Possessive Case Pronoun
Style
Interrogative Pronouns
5. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Ambiguity
Present Perfect Tense
Apostrophe
Complex Sentence
6. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Feminine Nouns
Phrases
Antecedent
MLA
7. 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).
point of view
Sarcasm
Transitive Verbs
Infinitive Verb
8. Angela dances.
Interrogative Sentence
Collective Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Apostrophe
9. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
location
Singular Nouns
APA?
Sarcasm
10. 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
Euphemism
Counterpoint
Nominative Case Pronoun
Compound Pronouns
11. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Phonology
Exclamation Point
Imperative Sentence
Personal Pronouns
12. 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
Concrete Nouns
Hyphen
Present Tense
Possessive Case Noun
13. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Phonology
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Ineffective Sentences
14. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Illustration
Period
Compound Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
15. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Abstract Nouns
Effective Sentence
Writing Activities
Collective Nouns
16. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Sematics
Past Perfect Tense
Compound/ Complex Sentence
17. The study of meaning in a language
APA?
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Sematics
Compound Sentence
18. 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 Perfect Tense
Tone
Indefinite Pronouns
Objective Case Pronoun
19. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Present Perfect Tense
Present Tense
Effective Sentence
Exclamation Point
20. 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).
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Apostrophe
Possessive Case Pronoun
Interrogative Pronouns
21. Marks
Internet
Brackets
Euphemism
Interrogative Pronouns
22. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Phrasal Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
MLA
Objective Case Noun
23. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Compound Sentence
Tone
Praise
Period
24. 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.
Concrete Nouns
English origins
Verbs
Reference works
25. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Ethnolinguistics
MLA
APA?
Collective Nouns
26. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Phonetics
Other sources
Simple Sentence
Future Perfect Tense
27. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Exclamatory Sentence
Imperative Sentence
Style
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
28. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Phrases
location
Writing Activities
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
29. 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'
Relative Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
Participle Verb
Style
30. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Illustration
Parentheses
Writing Activities
31. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
MLA
Common Nouns
Effective Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
32. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Question Mark
Conditional Sentence
Comparison
Past Perfect Tense
33. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Reflective Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Common Nouns
Compound Pronouns
34. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Abstract Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Syntax
How to site for a book in MLA format
35. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Infinitive Verb
Simple Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
Rhetoric organizational patterns
36. Study of the structure of words
Praise
Morphology
Climax
Jargon
37. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Adjective
Interrogative Pronouns
Etymology
Climax
38. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Writing Activities
Sarcasm
Indefinite Pronouns
Hyphen
39. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Relative Pronouns
Comma
point of view
Objective Case Noun
40. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Objective Case Pronoun
Neutral Nouns
Jargon
Simple Sentence
41. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Present Perfect Tense
Future Tense
Sematics
42. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Interrogative Sentence
Exclamation Point
Plural Nouns
Counterpoint
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.
Compound subject - single predicate
Antecedent
Proper Nouns
Declarative Sentence
44. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Cause and Effect
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Phonetics
Interrogative Pronouns
45. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Future Tense
46. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Gerund
Neutral Nouns
Comparison
47. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Adjective
How to site for a book in MLA format
Tone
Student - created sources
48. 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
Gerund
Personal Pronouns
Comma
Style
49. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Ethnolinguistics
Nominative Case Pronoun
Classification
Possessive Case Pronoun
50. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Demonstrative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Masculine Nouns