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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Comma
Praise
Nominative Case Pronoun
Ethnolinguistics
2. The study of the structure of sentences
Syntax
Praise
Present Perfect Tense
Feminine Nouns
3. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Ambiguity
Independent clause with two phrases
Sociolinguistics
Period
4. Marks
Brackets
Exclamation Point
Possessive Pronouns
Phrasal Pronouns
5. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Possessive Case Pronoun
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Clauses
Exclamatory Sentence
6. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Climax
Ineffective Sentences
Internet
Past Tense
7. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Intensive Pronouns
Transitive Verbs
Writing Activities
Singular Nouns
8. 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
Dash
point of view
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Effective Sentence
9. 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
Present Perfect Tense
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
point of view
Jargon
10. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Cause and Effect
Doublespeak
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Possessive Case Pronoun
11. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Counterpoint
Types of Source Material for Writing
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Interrogative Pronouns
12. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Reference works
How to site for a book in MLA format
Interrogative Pronouns
Ethnolinguistics
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.
Participle Verb
Ineffective Sentences
Syntax
Future Perfect Tense
14. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Cause and Effect
Types of Source Material for Writing
Interrogative Sentence
Syntax
15. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Ambiguity
Interrogative Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
Independent clause with two phrases
16. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Neutral Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Compound Pronouns
Jargon
17. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Reference works
Demonstrative Pronouns
Brackets
Conditional Sentence
18. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Transitive Verbs
Euphemism
Phonetics
Nominative Case Noun
19. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Compound subject - single predicate
Other sources
Hyphen
Parentheses
20. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Adjective
Interrogative Pronouns
Common Nouns
Objective Case Noun
21. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Future Tense
Question Mark
Proper Nouns
To cite a book in APA format
22. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Clauses
Student - created sources
Adjective
Collective Nouns
23. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Singular Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
Internet
24. Angela and Jay dance.
Compound subject - single predicate
Period
Relative Pronouns
Pragmatics
25. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Possessive Case Noun
Gerund
Phonetics
Reflective Pronouns
26. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
How to site for a book in MLA format
Praise
Adverbs
Interrogative Sentence
27. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Objective Case Noun
Interrogative Pronouns
Sarcasm
Euphemism
28. 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
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Compound Pronouns
29. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Phrases
Demonstrative Pronouns
30. 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).
Future Tense
Comparison
Transitive Verbs
Doublespeak
31. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Effective Sentence
Sarcasm
location
Participle Verb
32. 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.
Transitive Verbs
Clauses
Intensive Pronouns
MLA
33. 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.
Present Tense
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Imperative Sentence
Relative Pronouns
34. 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.
Ethnolinguistics
Personal Pronouns
Other sources
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
35. 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.)
Doublespeak
Dash
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
36. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Simple Pronouns
Collective Nouns
Praise
Possessive Case Noun
37. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
location
Jargon
Exclamatory Sentence
38. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Present Tense
Internet
Objective Case Pronoun
39. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
How to site for a book in MLA format
Collective Nouns
Etymology
40. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Simple Pronouns
Singular Nouns
Climax
Objective Case Noun
41. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
How to site for a book in MLA format
Cause and Effect
Tone
Future Tense
42. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Future Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Imperative Sentence
43. 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.
Types of Source Material for Writing
Single Subject - Single Predicate
location
English origins
44. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Antecedent
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Possessive Case Pronoun
Reflective Pronouns
45. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Transitive Verbs
Indefinite Nouns
Common Nouns
Writing Activities
46. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Hyphen
Internet
Future Tense
Interrogative Sentence
47. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Comparison
Antecedent
Ethnolinguistics
Plural Nouns
48. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Clauses
Possessive Case Pronoun
MLA
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
49. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
How to site for a book in MLA format
Reference works
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Verbs
50. 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
Phonology
Illustration
Student - created sources