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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 punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Phrasal Pronouns
To cite a book in APA format
Proper Nouns
Exclamation Point
2. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Independent clause with two phrases
Objective Case Pronoun
Brackets
Question Mark
3. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Past Tense
Ethnolinguistics
Morphology
Climax
4. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Internet
Apostrophe
Feminine Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
5. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Imperative Sentence
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Possessive Case Pronoun
Reference works
6. 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).
English origins
Collective Nouns
Pragmatics
Compound/ Complex Sentence
7. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Simple Pronouns
Period
Compound Pronouns
Plural Nouns
8. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Future Tense
Etymology
Compound Pronouns
Counterpoint
9. 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.
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Possessive Pronouns
To cite a book in APA format
Linking or Connecting Verbs
10. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Apostrophe
Comma
Phrases
Infinitive Verb
11. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Illustration
Demonstrative Pronouns
12. 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.
Dash
Objective Case Noun
Relative Pronouns
Climax
13. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Independent clause with two phrases
Singular Nouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
14. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Plural Nouns
Apostrophe
Student - created sources
15. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Hyphen
Verbs
To cite a book in APA format
Intransitive Verbs
16. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Phrasal Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Possessive Case Pronoun
Feminine Nouns
17. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Student - created sources
Climax
Effective Sentence
Tone
18. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Ambiguity
Sociolinguistics
MLA
Cause and Effect
19. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Interrogative Sentence
Sarcasm
Nominative Case Noun
Concrete Nouns
20. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Internet
Possessive Pronouns
Comparison
Compound subject - compound predicate
21. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Ethnolinguistics
Phrases
Compound subject - single predicate
Writing Activities
22. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Concrete Nouns
Simple Sentence
Reference works
Clauses
23. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Sarcasm
Illustration
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Clauses
24. 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).
Compound Pronouns
Compound Sentence
Transitive Verbs
Imperative Sentence
25. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Plural Nouns
Euphemism
Jargon
Future Perfect Tense
26. 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
Future Perfect Tense
Gerund
Ineffective Sentences
Interrogative Sentence
27. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Future Tense
Masculine Nouns
Tone
Plural Nouns
28. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Reference works
Chronological order
Neutral Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
29. The study of the structure of sentences
Tone
Ethnolinguistics
Syntax
Question Mark
30. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Common Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Doublespeak
Ineffective Sentences
31. 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
Intensive Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Style
Concrete Nouns
32. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Clauses
Present Tense
Adverbs
Phrases
33. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Illustration
Effective Sentence
Psycholinguistics
Possessive Case Pronoun
34. 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
Parentheses
Nominative Case Pronoun
Counterpoint
Psycholinguistics
35. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Verbs
Past Perfect Tense
Reference works
36. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
location
Effective Sentence
Simple Pronouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
37. 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.
Infinitive Verb
Present Perfect Tense
Praise
Concrete Nouns
38. 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
Hyphen
Sematics
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
39. Study of the history and origin of words
Cause and Effect
Etymology
Sematics
Jargon
40. 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.
Nominative Case Noun
Compound subject - compound predicate
Personal Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
41. 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
Style
Past Perfect Tense
Plural Nouns
Syntax
42. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
MLA
Declarative Sentence
Collective Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
43. Modern Language Association
MLA
Concrete Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Cause and Effect
44. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Simple Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
45. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Masculine Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
46. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Intensive Pronouns
Exclamation Point
Jargon
47. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Euphemism
Concrete Nouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Conditional Sentence
48. 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'
Participle Verb
English origins
Morphology
Ineffective Sentences
49. Marks
Sociolinguistics
Possessive Case Pronoun
Brackets
Interrogative Sentence
50. 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
Counterpoint
Compound subject - compound predicate
Exclamation Point