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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. 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.
point of view
English origins
Phrasal Pronouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
2. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Future Tense
Antecedent
Praise
Climax
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
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Compound Sentence
Style
location
4. The study of meaning in a language
Sarcasm
Possessive Case Pronoun
Style
Sematics
5. 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
point of view
Plural Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Intransitive Verbs
6. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
location
Effective Sentence
Exclamation Point
Climax
7. 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
Apostrophe
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Present Tense
8. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Demonstrative Pronouns
Student - created sources
Ineffective Sentences
point of view
9. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.
Praise
Apostrophe
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Intransitive Verbs
10. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Sarcasm
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
How to site for a book in MLA format
Pragmatics
11. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Common Nouns
Cause and Effect
Collective Nouns
Singular Nouns
12. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Sociolinguistics
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
How to site for a book in MLA format
Independent clause with two phrases
13. 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
Reference works
Present Perfect Tense
Neutral Nouns
14. 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
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Question Mark
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Intransitive Verbs
15. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Hyphen
Personal Pronouns
Phonology
16. 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
Climax
Nominative Case Pronoun
Declarative Sentence
Style
17. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Personal Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Adverbs
Objective Case Noun
18. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Past Perfect Tense
Adjective
Gerund
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
19. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Brackets
Exclamation Point
Reference works
20. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Reflective Pronouns
Chronological order
Phrases
Writing Activities
21. Film - art - media and so on
Doublespeak
Other sources
Phrasal Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
22. 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.
Antecedent
Indefinite Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
Cause and Effect
23. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Ineffective Sentences
Demonstrative Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
English origins
24. 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.
Praise
Relative Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Hyphen
25. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Clauses
Question Mark
Reflective Pronouns
Internet
26. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Classification
Adjective
Objective Case Pronoun
Adverbs
27. Shows possession or ownership
Possessive Case Noun
How to site for a book in MLA format
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Etymology
28. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
point of view
Collective Nouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Present Tense
29. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Common Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
Internet
Phonetics
30. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Ethnolinguistics
Doublespeak
Personal Pronouns
Proper Nouns
31. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Interrogative Sentence
Ethnolinguistics
Cause and Effect
Student - created sources
32. 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'
Ethnolinguistics
Sematics
Pragmatics
Participle Verb
33. American Psycological Association
Feminine Nouns
APA?
Phonetics
Masculine Nouns
34. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Ambiguity
Psycholinguistics
Masculine Nouns
Comparison
35. 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.
Comma
Gerund
Interrogative Sentence
Simple Pronouns
36. Each other - one another
Phrasal Pronouns
Participle Verb
Parentheses
Ethnolinguistics
37. Angela and Jay dance.
Independent clause with two phrases
Nominative Case Pronoun
Compound subject - single predicate
Sematics
38. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Concrete Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Cause and Effect
Compound subject - compound predicate
39. Verbs that do not require an object to express their meaning - the action they express is complete by itself - 'eat' 'Jump' e.g. The cat napped
Intransitive Verbs
Common Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Intensive Pronouns
40. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Morphology
Syntax
Period
41. 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
Ineffective Sentences
Intransitive Verbs
Comma
Conditional Sentence
42. The order in which events happen in time.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Chronological order
Interrogative Sentence
Sociolinguistics
43. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Compound subject - compound predicate
Past Tense
Other sources
Tone
44. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Feminine Nouns
Period
Phonetics
Single Subject - Single Predicate
45. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Demonstrative Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
Morphology
Clauses
46. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Ambiguity
Student - created sources
Antecedent
Relative Pronouns
47. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun
Future Tense
Reference works
Transitive Verbs
Infinitive Verb
48. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Classification
Compound Sentence
Ineffective Sentences
Collective Nouns
49. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Etymology
Brackets
50. 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.
Past Perfect Tense
Possessive Pronouns
Compound Sentence
Ineffective Sentences