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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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'
Feminine Nouns
Tone
Participle Verb
Objective Case Noun
2. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Chronological order
Reference works
Demonstrative Pronouns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
3. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Possessive Case Pronoun
Possessive Case Noun
Student - created sources
Abstract Nouns
4. 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
Style
Present Tense
Sematics
Hyphen
5. Modern Language Association
Psycholinguistics
Transitive Verbs
Compound Pronouns
MLA
6. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Complex Sentence
Syntax
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Interrogative Pronouns
7. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Abstract Nouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Tone
8. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Apostrophe
Conditional Sentence
Present Perfect Tense
Illustration
9. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Compound subject - compound predicate
Sociolinguistics
Nominative Case Noun
10. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
Compound Pronouns
Euphemism
Concrete Nouns
Exclamation Point
11. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Neutral Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Transitive Verbs
12. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Illustration
Sociolinguistics
Gerund
Student - created sources
13. 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
Possessive Case Pronoun
Adverbs
Singular Nouns
Intransitive Verbs
14. 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.
Student - created sources
Phrases
Ethnolinguistics
Antecedent
15. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Phonology
Declarative Sentence
Intensive Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
16. Film - art - media and so on
Other sources
Classification
Indefinite Pronouns
Collective Nouns
17. 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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Intensive Pronouns
Morphology
Infinitive Verb
18. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Parentheses
Phonetics
English origins
Possessive Pronouns
19. Shows possession or ownership
Classification
Reference works
Possessive Case Noun
Clauses
20. 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.
Writing Activities
Singular Nouns
Declarative Sentence
Possessive Pronouns
21. Marks
English origins
Brackets
Verbs
Pragmatics
22. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Independent clause with two phrases
English origins
Style
Phonology
23. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
How to site for a book in MLA format
Present Tense
Collective Nouns
Pragmatics
24. The writer shows how events and their results are related
APA?
Abstract Nouns
Cause and Effect
Student - created sources
25. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Reference works
Sociolinguistics
Simple Pronouns
Question Mark
26. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Illustration
Period
MLA
Tone
27. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Plural Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Comparison
28. 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.
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Tone
Climax
Compound Sentence
29. 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
Gerund
Concrete Nouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Exclamatory Sentence
30. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Collective Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
Ethnolinguistics
31. 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
Interrogative Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Personal Pronouns
Past Tense
32. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
Interrogative Pronouns
Style
Past Tense
33. 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.
To cite a book in APA format
Morphology
Gerund
Concrete Nouns
34. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Apostrophe
Cause and Effect
Concrete Nouns
Doublespeak
35. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Euphemism
Counterpoint
Compound Sentence
36. Angela dances.
To cite a book in APA format
Relative Pronouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Nominative Case Pronoun
37. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Neutral Nouns
Chronological order
Interrogative Sentence
Possessive Case Pronoun
38. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Adverbs
Phrasal Pronouns
Cause and Effect
Possessive Pronouns
39. 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
Period
Feminine Nouns
Ineffective Sentences
Reciprocal Pronouns
40. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Dash
Effective Sentence
Imperative Sentence
To cite a book in APA format
41. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Reference works
Objective Case Noun
Sarcasm
Singular Nouns
42. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Relative Pronouns
Dash
Feminine Nouns
Other sources
43. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Past Perfect Tense
Reflective Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
Relative Pronouns
44. 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
Dash
Apostrophe
Pragmatics
Clauses
45. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
Antecedent
Declarative Sentence
46. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Possessive Pronouns
English origins
Singular Nouns
Interrogative Pronouns
47. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Clauses
Possessive Case Noun
Relative Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
48. 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.
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
MLA
Reflective Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
49. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Style
location
Exclamatory Sentence
Present Perfect Tense
50. 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.
Relative Pronouns
Period
Counterpoint
Linking or Connecting Verbs