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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Film - art - media and so on






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






3. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






4. The order in which events happen in time.






5. Study of the structure of words






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






7. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






8. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






9. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






10. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






12. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






15. The study of meaning in a language






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






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






18. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






24. 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






25. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun






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






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






28. 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'






29. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Ex: If you want to stay healthy(dependent c.) - you must choose your food carefully(independent c.)






30. 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.






31. Modern Language Association






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






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






34. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






35. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






36. American Psycological Association






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






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






39. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






40. 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.






41. Each other - one another






42. 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).






43. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






45. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






47. 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






48. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






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