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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Study of the history and origin of words
Etymology
Period
Personal Pronouns
Style
2. 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.
Past Perfect Tense
Possessive Pronouns
Effective Sentence
Phonetics
3. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Indefinite Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Complex Sentence
Feminine Nouns
4. 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
Intransitive Verbs
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Interrogative Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
5. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Abstract Nouns
Counterpoint
Demonstrative Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
6. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
Compound Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Demonstrative Pronouns
7. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Personal Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
location
Ineffective Sentences
8. 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
Compound Pronouns
Jargon
Plural Nouns
Hyphen
9. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Writing Activities
Nominative Case Noun
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
10. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Present Perfect Tense
Ethnolinguistics
Neutral Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
11. 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
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Ineffective Sentences
Interrogative Sentence
Question Mark
12. Shows possession or ownership
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Possessive Case Noun
Antecedent
Sociolinguistics
13. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Proper Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
14. The order in which events happen in time.
Neutral Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Chronological order
Counterpoint
15. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Interrogative Pronouns
Exclamation Point
Dash
Exclamatory Sentence
16. 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'
Objective Case Pronoun
Syntax
Participle Verb
Gerund
17. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Objective Case Pronoun
Style
Reference works
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
18. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Types of Source Material for Writing
Imperative Sentence
Sematics
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
19. 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).
Compound subject - compound predicate
To cite a book in APA format
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Types of Source Material for Writing
20. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Possessive Pronouns
Sarcasm
Feminine Nouns
Common Nouns
21. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Verbs
Rhetoric organizational patterns
To cite a book in APA format
Conditional Sentence
22. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Reflective Pronouns
Collective Nouns
Past Tense
Dash
23. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Exclamatory Sentence
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Chronological order
Plural Nouns
24. Film - art - media and so on
Simple Sentence
Other sources
Nominative Case Noun
Adverbs
25. Refer to people or animals - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - me - him - her - us - them e.g. THEY told US that THEY were going to meet HER at the mall.
Personal Pronouns
Syntax
location
Intransitive Verbs
26. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
English origins
Past Perfect Tense
Exclamatory Sentence
27. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Phrasal Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Parentheses
Possessive Pronouns
28. 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.
Praise
Sociolinguistics
Compound Pronouns
English origins
29. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Compound Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
APA?
Reference works
30. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Period
Infinitive Verb
Comma
Complex Sentence
31. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Simple Sentence
Climax
Phonology
Sociolinguistics
32. Angela dances.
Clauses
Phonology
Abstract Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
33. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Jargon
Etymology
Phrasal Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
34. 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
Student - created sources
Adverbs
Compound subject - compound predicate
35. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Interrogative Pronouns
Conditional Sentence
Compound subject - single predicate
Adjective
36. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Comparison
Declarative Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
MLA
37. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Infinitive Verb
Parentheses
point of view
Sematics
38. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
APA?
Possessive Case Pronoun
Declarative Sentence
Masculine Nouns
39. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Doublespeak
Nominative Case Pronoun
Ineffective Sentences
Apostrophe
40. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Intransitive Verbs
Singular Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Infinitive Verb
41. American Psycological Association
Cause and Effect
Apostrophe
Indefinite Pronouns
APA?
42. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Objective Case Pronoun
Plural Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
Possessive Pronouns
43. Each other - one another
Reciprocal Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
Interrogative Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
44. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Dash
Verbs
Concrete Nouns
Participle Verb
45. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Reciprocal Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
Adverbs
Phrases
46. 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
How to site for a book in MLA format
Past Perfect Tense
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Dash
47. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Writing Activities
Other sources
Praise
Compound Pronouns
48. 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.
Chronological order
Gerund
Period
Relative Pronouns
49. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Etymology
Counterpoint
Singular Nouns
Phonology
50. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Period
Masculine Nouns
Future Tense
Ethnolinguistics