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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






2. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






3. 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






4. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






5. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






6. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






7. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






8. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






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






10. 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.






11. Shows possession or ownership






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






13. 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






14. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






15. The order in which events happen in time.






16. 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) -






17. 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






18. E.g. floor - desk - computer






19. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






20. The study of the structure of sentences






21. 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






22. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






23. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






24. 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).






25. Modern Language Association






26. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






27. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






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.






29. Angela and Jay dance.






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






31. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






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






33. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






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






35. 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.






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






37. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






38. American Psycological Association






39. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






40. 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.






41. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






42. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






43. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






44. 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.






45. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






46. 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'






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






48. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






49. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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