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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Modern Language Association
Reflective Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
MLA
2. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Chronological order
Apostrophe
Ambiguity
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
3. 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.
Intensive Pronouns
Climax
Future Perfect Tense
Dash
4. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Ethnolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Future Perfect Tense
5. 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.
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Sematics
Reciprocal Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
6. 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
Dash
Parentheses
point of view
Types of Source Material for Writing
7. Each other - one another
Neutral Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Reference works
Participle Verb
8. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Participle Verb
Hyphen
Adjective
Sematics
9. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Phonology
Ethnolinguistics
Transitive Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
10. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
Intensive Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
APA?
11. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Classification
Types of Source Material for Writing
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
12. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Collective Nouns
Tone
APA?
Verbs
13. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Personal Pronouns
Compound Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Exclamatory Sentence
14. 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.
Objective Case Pronoun
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Future Perfect Tense
15. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
English origins
Neutral Nouns
Collective Nouns
16. Angela dances.
Morphology
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Euphemism
Illustration
17. Shows possession or ownership
Possessive Pronouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Writing Activities
Possessive Case Noun
18. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Exclamatory Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
19. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
point of view
Common Nouns
English origins
Phonology
20. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Morphology
Ineffective Sentences
Hyphen
Reference works
21. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Personal Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Reference works
Cause and Effect
22. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Sarcasm
Linking or Connecting Verbs
location
Past Perfect Tense
23. Study of the history and origin of words
Etymology
Objective Case Pronoun
Praise
Linking or Connecting Verbs
24. The order in which events happen in time.
Effective Sentence
Present Tense
Chronological order
Climax
25. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Compound Sentence
Phonetics
Effective Sentence
Future Tense
26. 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.
Objective Case Pronoun
Cause and Effect
Gerund
Adjective
27. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Interrogative Sentence
Effective Sentence
Clauses
Objective Case Noun
28. 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.
Exclamatory Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Possessive Pronouns
Verbs
29. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Possessive Pronouns
Intransitive Verbs
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Question Mark
30. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
How to site for a book in MLA format
Illustration
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Psycholinguistics
31. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Feminine Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Apostrophe
Common Nouns
32. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Dash
Phonology
Abstract Nouns
Imperative Sentence
33. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Style
Apostrophe
Exclamatory Sentence
Abstract Nouns
34. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Nominative Case Noun
Compound Pronouns
Praise
Independent clause with two phrases
35. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Ambiguity
Present Perfect Tense
Reference works
Writing Activities
36. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Euphemism
Internet
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
37. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Ineffective Sentences
Past Tense
Phrases
Infinitive Verb
38. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Compound subject - single predicate
Effective Sentence
Student - created sources
Question Mark
39. 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).
Period
Transitive Verbs
Objective Case Pronoun
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
40. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Effective Sentence
Writing Activities
Other sources
Climax
41. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
location
Jargon
Abstract Nouns
Participle Verb
42. 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.)
Complex Sentence
Hyphen
Euphemism
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
43. American Psycological Association
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Adverbs
APA?
Phonetics
44. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Past Tense
Singular Nouns
Hyphen
45. 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
Past Perfect Tense
Concrete Nouns
Intransitive Verbs
Participle Verb
46. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Doublespeak
Period
Parentheses
Possessive Pronouns
47. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Conditional Sentence
Ineffective Sentences
To cite a book in APA format
Phonology
48. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Independent clause with two phrases
Possessive Case Pronoun
Collective Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
49. 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.
Antecedent
Parentheses
Chronological order
Question Mark
50. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Interrogative Sentence
Phrases
Objective Case Noun
Possessive Pronouns