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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 verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Intensive Pronouns
Comma
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
2. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Period
Illustration
Morphology
Jargon
3. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Singular Nouns
Conditional Sentence
How to site for a book in MLA format
Student - created sources
4. American Psycological Association
Sematics
APA?
Nominative Case Pronoun
Independent clause with two phrases
5. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Praise
Etymology
Objective Case Noun
To cite a book in APA format
6. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
point of view
How to site for a book in MLA format
Intensive Pronouns
Phonology
7. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Etymology
Doublespeak
Compound subject - single predicate
How to site for a book in MLA format
8. 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.
Types of Source Material for Writing
Psycholinguistics
Antecedent
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
9. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Compound Sentence
Nominative Case Noun
Brackets
10. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
APA?
Compound subject - compound predicate
Past Perfect Tense
Independent clause with two phrases
11. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Intensive Pronouns
Possessive Case Noun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Neutral Nouns
12. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
Singular Nouns
Compound Sentence
APA?
13. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Chronological order
Sociolinguistics
Participle Verb
14. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Simple Sentence
Sarcasm
Possessive Pronouns
15. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Declarative Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Exclamation Point
Adjective
16. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Doublespeak
Independent clause with two phrases
Illustration
17. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
To cite a book in APA format
Possessive Case Pronoun
Objective Case Noun
Feminine Nouns
18. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
point of view
Relative Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Reflective Pronouns
19. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Reciprocal Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
20. Shows possession or ownership
Singular Nouns
Possessive Case Noun
Reciprocal Pronouns
APA?
21. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Compound subject - single predicate
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Sarcasm
Compound subject - compound predicate
22. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Phonetics
Phrasal Pronouns
Concrete Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
23. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Praise
Other sources
Past Tense
Simple Sentence
24. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Cause and Effect
location
Comparison
Illustration
25. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Pragmatics
point of view
Phonology
Present Perfect Tense
26. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Abstract Nouns
Apostrophe
Imperative Sentence
27. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Concrete Nouns
Future Tense
Plural Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
28. Angela dances.
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Phrasal Pronouns
Etymology
Other sources
29. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Exclamatory Sentence
Interrogative Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
30. 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
APA?
Intransitive Verbs
Hyphen
Indefinite Nouns
31. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Parentheses
Demonstrative Pronouns
Effective Sentence
Internet
32. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Participle Verb
Imperative Sentence
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Phonology
33. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Internet
English origins
Phrases
Concrete Nouns
34. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Abstract Nouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Adverbs
Phrasal Pronouns
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.
Past Perfect Tense
Brackets
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
English origins
36. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Objective Case Pronoun
Past Tense
Period
37. 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).
Transitive Verbs
Ambiguity
Ethnolinguistics
Singular Nouns
38. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Syntax
How to site for a book in MLA format
Exclamatory Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
39. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Other sources
Interrogative Pronouns
Etymology
Ambiguity
40. 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
Compound subject - compound predicate
Compound Pronouns
APA?
41. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Jargon
Transitive Verbs
Writing Activities
Reflective Pronouns
42. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Collective Nouns
Effective Sentence
Classification
Complex Sentence
43. 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.
Declarative Sentence
Parentheses
Gerund
Reciprocal Pronouns
44. 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.
Tone
Personal Pronouns
Gerund
Feminine Nouns
45. 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
Ineffective Sentences
Counterpoint
Style
Chronological order
46. Modern Language Association
Proper Nouns
Sarcasm
Present Perfect Tense
MLA
47. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Imperative Sentence
Possessive Pronouns
Objective Case Noun
48. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Interrogative Pronouns
Phrases
Reciprocal Pronouns
Effective Sentence
49. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Euphemism
Nominative Case Noun
Jargon
Parentheses
50. 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
Comparison
Objective Case Pronoun
Nominative Case Pronoun
Future Perfect Tense