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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 person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Common Nouns
Other sources
Indefinite Pronouns
Climax
2. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Counterpoint
Climax
Objective Case Noun
Abstract Nouns
3. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Student - created sources
Internet
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
4. Marks
Ambiguity
Possessive Case Pronoun
location
Brackets
5. 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
Praise
Sarcasm
Present Tense
6. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Simple Pronouns
Compound Sentence
Phonology
Sociolinguistics
7. 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
Compound Sentence
Phonetics
Present Perfect Tense
Ineffective Sentences
8. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Present Perfect Tense
Tone
Future Tense
Phonology
9. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Tone
Cause and Effect
Masculine Nouns
10. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Nominative Case Noun
Verbs
Doublespeak
Sematics
11. Each other - one another
Types of Source Material for Writing
Intransitive Verbs
Tone
Phrasal Pronouns
12. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Nominative Case Noun
Sociolinguistics
Feminine Nouns
Verbs
13. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Collective Nouns
English origins
Brackets
Present Tense
14. Study of the structure of words
point of view
Other sources
Reflective Pronouns
Morphology
15. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Parentheses
Morphology
Common Nouns
16. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Past Perfect Tense
Question Mark
Objective Case Pronoun
point of view
17. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Sarcasm
Declarative Sentence
Compound Sentence
Tone
18. 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) -
English origins
Neutral Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Future Tense
19. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Sematics
Relative Pronouns
Counterpoint
Writing Activities
20. The order in which events happen in time.
Adverbs
Indefinite Pronouns
Chronological order
Ineffective Sentences
21. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Sociolinguistics
Nominative Case Pronoun
Etymology
Psycholinguistics
22. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Classification
Compound Sentence
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Reflective Pronouns
23. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Common Nouns
Imperative Sentence
Apostrophe
Question Mark
24. The study of meaning in a language
Sematics
Masculine Nouns
Student - created sources
Compound/ Complex Sentence
25. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Simple Sentence
location
Compound subject - compound predicate
26. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Ambiguity
Phrasal Pronouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Linking or Connecting Verbs
27. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Other sources
Gerund
Compound Pronouns
Exclamation Point
28. 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
Style
Climax
Phrasal Pronouns
Doublespeak
29. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Concrete Nouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Verbs
Etymology
30. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Brackets
Ethnolinguistics
Reflective Pronouns
Euphemism
31. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Future Tense
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Personal Pronouns
Cause and Effect
32. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Question Mark
Internet
Infinitive Verb
Intensive Pronouns
33. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
location
Past Tense
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Comparison
34. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Compound subject - single predicate
Jargon
Future Perfect Tense
Compound Sentence
35. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Internet
Past Tense
Period
Sarcasm
36. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Types of Source Material for Writing
Demonstrative Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Counterpoint
37. 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.
Sarcasm
Classification
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Gerund
38. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Syntax
Nominative Case Pronoun
Sociolinguistics
Rhetoric organizational patterns
39. Film - art - media and so on
Phonology
Reflective Pronouns
location
Other sources
40. 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
Apostrophe
Illustration
Indefinite Pronouns
41. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Student - created sources
Phonetics
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Transitive Verbs
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).
Compound Sentence
Question Mark
Common Nouns
Transitive Verbs
43. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Exclamatory Sentence
Parentheses
Illustration
Feminine Nouns
44. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Adverbs
Types of Source Material for Writing
Future Perfect Tense
Clauses
45. The study of the structure of sentences
Syntax
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Apostrophe
Simple Pronouns
46. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Phonology
Brackets
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Sarcasm
47. When the action begins in the past but concludes in the present e.g. Tom 'has ordered' the same thing for lunch every day this month.
Present Perfect Tense
Verbs
Types of Source Material for Writing
Sociolinguistics
48. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Comparison
Comma
Feminine Nouns
Climax
49. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
point of view
Illustration
Ethnolinguistics
Sematics
50. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Rhetoric organizational patterns
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