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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. 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
Types of Source Material for Writing
Objective Case Noun
Intransitive Verbs
Hyphen
2. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Participle Verb
Masculine Nouns
Effective Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
3. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Declarative Sentence
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Sarcasm
Interrogative Pronouns
4. 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
Complex Sentence
Brackets
Past Perfect Tense
5. 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).
Concrete Nouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Masculine Nouns
6. The study of the structure of sentences
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Syntax
Pragmatics
Reference works
7. Angela and Jay dance.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Compound subject - single predicate
To cite a book in APA format
Exclamation Point
8. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Reference works
Common Nouns
Sarcasm
Demonstrative Pronouns
9. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
Compound subject - single predicate
Independent clause with two phrases
Writing Activities
Nominative Case Noun
10. 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
How to site for a book in MLA format
Infinitive Verb
Style
Simple Sentence
11. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Phonology
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Singular Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
12. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
To cite a book in APA format
English origins
Compound/ Complex Sentence
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
13. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Exclamation Point
Objective Case Noun
Etymology
Imperative Sentence
14. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Apostrophe
Past Perfect Tense
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Cause and Effect
15. Marks
Compound Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Brackets
Adjective
16. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Indefinite Nouns
Period
Interrogative Pronouns
Student - created sources
17. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Proper Nouns
Future Perfect Tense
Interrogative Sentence
Common Nouns
18. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Phonology
Phrasal Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
19. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Complex Sentence
Plural Nouns
Doublespeak
location
20. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Objective Case Pronoun
Phonology
Cause and Effect
Nominative Case Noun
21. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Interrogative Pronouns
Tone
Ethnolinguistics
Possessive Case Pronoun
22. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Possessive Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
23. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Pragmatics
Declarative Sentence
Relative Pronouns
24. American Psycological Association
APA?
Conditional Sentence
Question Mark
English origins
25. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Climax
Nominative Case Pronoun
Proper Nouns
Phrases
26. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Past Perfect Tense
Past Tense
Reciprocal Pronouns
27. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Etymology
Concrete Nouns
Plural Nouns
Illustration
28. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Sociolinguistics
Intensive Pronouns
Euphemism
Phonetics
29. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Masculine Nouns
location
Compound Pronouns
Neutral Nouns
30. 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.
Future Perfect Tense
location
English origins
Euphemism
31. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Abstract Nouns
Doublespeak
Phrases
Transitive Verbs
32. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Exclamatory Sentence
Doublespeak
Writing Activities
Clauses
33. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Conditional Sentence
Singular Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
Present Tense
34. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.
Compound subject - compound predicate
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Simple Sentence
Brackets
35. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
How to site for a book in MLA format
Ambiguity
Personal Pronouns
Sarcasm
36. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Doublespeak
Types of Source Material for Writing
Ambiguity
Conditional Sentence
37. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Present Perfect Tense
Plural Nouns
Adverbs
Common Nouns
38. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Jargon
39. The study of meaning in a language
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Sematics
Antecedent
Comparison
40. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Dash
Demonstrative Pronouns
point of view
Parentheses
41. Study of the history and origin of words
Doublespeak
Etymology
Illustration
location
42. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Future Tense
Euphemism
Neutral Nouns
Complex Sentence
43. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Objective Case Noun
Collective Nouns
Jargon
Phrasal Pronouns
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.
Future Perfect Tense
Personal Pronouns
English origins
Nominative Case Noun
45. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Complex Sentence
Intransitive Verbs
English origins
Verbs
46. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Simple Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Jargon
Classification
47. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Dash
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Neutral Nouns
Sociolinguistics
48. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Ethnolinguistics
Plural Nouns
Antecedent
Imperative Sentence
49. 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.
Gerund
Exclamation Point
Phonology
Style
50. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Ethnolinguistics
Classification
Tone
Cause and Effect
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