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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 future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Collective Nouns
Future Tense
Euphemism
Etymology
2. Angela dances.
Illustration
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Comparison
Comma
3. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Exclamation Point
Climax
Parentheses
Interrogative Sentence
4. 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
Nominative Case Pronoun
point of view
Concrete Nouns
Infinitive Verb
5. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Sematics
Clauses
Collective Nouns
Present Perfect Tense
6. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Compound Sentence
Exclamation Point
Declarative Sentence
Counterpoint
7. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Concrete Nouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Writing Activities
Effective Sentence
8. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Nominative Case Noun
Pragmatics
Nominative Case Pronoun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
9. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Singular Nouns
Euphemism
Period
Antecedent
10. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Types of Source Material for Writing
Past Perfect Tense
Present Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
11. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
To cite a book in APA format
Ethnolinguistics
12. 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.
Comma
Proper Nouns
Relative Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
13. Study of the history and origin of words
Writing Activities
Climax
Etymology
Types of Source Material for Writing
14. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Interrogative Pronouns
Proper Nouns
Phonology
Reciprocal Pronouns
15. 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
Apostrophe
Feminine Nouns
Dash
Cause and Effect
16. Study of the structure of words
Effective Sentence
Morphology
Types of Source Material for Writing
Past Perfect Tense
17. The order in which events happen in time.
Sociolinguistics
Chronological order
Common Nouns
Writing Activities
18. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Types of Source Material for Writing
location
Common Nouns
Intransitive Verbs
19. 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) -
Morphology
Pragmatics
Counterpoint
Indefinite Pronouns
20. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Masculine Nouns
Comma
Clauses
21. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Compound Pronouns
Parentheses
Illustration
Syntax
22. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Singular Nouns
Chronological order
Question Mark
Adjective
23. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Style
Relative Pronouns
Compound Pronouns
Internet
24. 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.
Masculine Nouns
Possessive Pronouns
Simple Sentence
Writing Activities
25. 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.
Compound Sentence
MLA
Ambiguity
Imperative Sentence
26. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Collective Nouns
Indefinite Nouns
Doublespeak
Compound subject - compound predicate
27. American Psycological Association
Doublespeak
APA?
Types of Source Material for Writing
Euphemism
28. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Period
Etymology
Indefinite Pronouns
29. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Morphology
Praise
30. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Writing Activities
Psycholinguistics
Tone
Apostrophe
31. 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.)
Gerund
Parentheses
Masculine Nouns
Complex Sentence
32. 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.
Nominative Case Pronoun
Future Perfect Tense
Phrasal Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
33. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Past Tense
MLA
Praise
Cause and Effect
34. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Imperative Sentence
Singular Nouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
35. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Brackets
Phrases
Types of Source Material for Writing
Phonetics
36. 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
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Hyphen
Antecedent
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
37. 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.
Simple Sentence
Intensive Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Masculine Nouns
38. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Common Nouns
Participle Verb
Neutral Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
39. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Adjective
Writing Activities
Feminine Nouns
Hyphen
40. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Chronological order
Climax
Student - created sources
Tone
41. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Dash
Compound/ Complex Sentence
To cite a book in APA format
point of view
42. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Abstract Nouns
Phrases
Reference works
Antecedent
43. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Possessive Pronouns
Exclamation Point
Gerund
To cite a book in APA format
44. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
MLA
To cite a book in APA format
Indefinite Nouns
45. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Tone
Cause and Effect
Adjective
46. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Feminine Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Student - created sources
47. Angela and Jay dance.
Compound subject - single predicate
Simple Pronouns
Clauses
Comparison
48. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Compound subject - single predicate
Praise
Neutral Nouns
Compound Pronouns
49. 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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Parentheses
English origins
Imperative Sentence
50. 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
Adjective
Phonology
Nominative Case Noun
Ineffective Sentences