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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. 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
Neutral Nouns
Dash
Possessive Case Pronoun
2. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Praise
Future Tense
Gerund
Effective Sentence
3. The study of meaning in a language
Sematics
Past Tense
Etymology
Counterpoint
4. Modern Language Association
Collective Nouns
Simple Pronouns
MLA
Objective Case Pronoun
5. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
location
Exclamatory Sentence
Comparison
Feminine Nouns
6. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Effective Sentence
Relative Pronouns
Parentheses
Intransitive Verbs
7. 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.
Praise
point of view
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Reciprocal Pronouns
8. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Question Mark
Effective Sentence
Parentheses
Compound Pronouns
9. 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.
Possessive Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
Verbs
10. The study of the structure of sentences
Jargon
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Syntax
Masculine Nouns
11. 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.)
To cite a book in APA format
Complex Sentence
Concrete Nouns
Style
12. American Psycological Association
APA?
Abstract Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns
13. 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.
Future Perfect Tense
Infinitive Verb
Tone
Cause and Effect
14. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Phrasal Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Phonology
Nominative Case Pronoun
15. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Internet
Doublespeak
Independent clause with two phrases
16. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Exclamatory Sentence
Nominative Case Pronoun
Apostrophe
Imperative Sentence
17. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Compound subject - compound predicate
Demonstrative Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
Simple Pronouns
18. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Style
Tone
Singular Nouns
Chronological order
19. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Interrogative Sentence
Conditional Sentence
Infinitive Verb
20. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Future Tense
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Clauses
21. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Effective Sentence
Antecedent
Objective Case Pronoun
22. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Dash
Objective Case Pronoun
Conditional Sentence
23. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Etymology
Phonology
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
24. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Conditional Sentence
Doublespeak
Imperative Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
25. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Ambiguity
Tone
Antecedent
26. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Sociolinguistics
Clauses
Adjective
Phrases
27. 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.
Compound Pronouns
Chronological order
Sarcasm
Relative Pronouns
28. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Collective Nouns
APA?
Declarative Sentence
Style
29. 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
Doublespeak
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Counterpoint
Euphemism
30. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Euphemism
Gerund
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Feminine Nouns
31. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Masculine Nouns
Present Perfect Tense
Interrogative Pronouns
32. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Neutral Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Question Mark
Compound Sentence
33. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Objective Case Noun
Singular Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
34. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Complex Sentence
Indefinite Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Ethnolinguistics
35. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Adverbs
Independent clause with two phrases
Plural Nouns
MLA
36. 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'
Conditional Sentence
Compound Sentence
Transitive Verbs
Participle Verb
37. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Sematics
Cause and Effect
English origins
Common Nouns
38. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Possessive Pronouns
Objective Case Pronoun
Sociolinguistics
Declarative Sentence
39. 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
Internet
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Neutral Nouns
Reference works
40. 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.
Plural Nouns
English origins
Declarative Sentence
Comma
41. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Cause and Effect
Question Mark
Ineffective Sentences
Declarative Sentence
42. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Common Nouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Independent clause with two phrases
Psycholinguistics
43. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Doublespeak
Collective Nouns
Exclamation Point
Antecedent
44. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Ethnolinguistics
Reference works
Collective Nouns
45. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Future Perfect Tense
Exclamation Point
Climax
Apostrophe
46. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Illustration
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Possessive Pronouns
47. The order in which events happen in time.
Chronological order
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Jargon
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
48. 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.
Morphology
Collective Nouns
Counterpoint
Personal Pronouns
49. 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.
Intensive Pronouns
Verbs
Apostrophe
Transitive Verbs
50. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Participle Verb
Simple Sentence
Comma
Psycholinguistics