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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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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. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






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






4. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






5. 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) -






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






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






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






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.






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






17. Study of the history and origin of words






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






19. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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






30. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






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






32. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






33. 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






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






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






36. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






38. Angela dances.






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






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






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






42. 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'






43. Shows possession or ownership






44. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






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






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






47. 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).






48. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






49. 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






50. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage