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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






3. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






4. Angela dances.






5. E.g. floor - desk - computer






6. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






7. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






8. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






9. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






10. 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.






11. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






12. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language






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






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






15. 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).






16. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






17. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






18. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






19. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






20. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






21. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






22. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house






23. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






24. The writer shows how events and their results are related






25. 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






26. 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






27. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






28. The order in which events happen in time.






29. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






30. Film - art - media and so on






31. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






32. The study of the structure of sentences






33. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






34. 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.






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






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






37. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






38. American Psycological Association






39. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






40. 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.






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






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






43. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






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






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






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






47. 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'






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






49. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






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