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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Film - art - media and so on






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






16. 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) -






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






18. 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'






19. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






20. 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






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






22. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






30. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






40. 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






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






42. 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.






43. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






44. 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.






45. 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).






46. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






47. Study of the structure of words






48. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






49. Marks






50. 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.