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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Masculine Nouns
Simple Sentence
Types of Source Material for Writing
Phonetics
2. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Transitive Verbs
location
Period
3. 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
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Illustration
Simple Pronouns
Hyphen
4. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Collective Nouns
Exclamation Point
Past Tense
Phonology
5. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Intransitive Verbs
Collective Nouns
English origins
Illustration
6. 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
Declarative Sentence
Infinitive Verb
Present Perfect Tense
Singular Nouns
7. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Clauses
Comma
Nominative Case Noun
Rhetoric organizational patterns
8. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Infinitive Verb
Intensive Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
9. Angela dances.
Writing Activities
Conditional Sentence
Concrete Nouns
Single Subject - Single Predicate
10. Marks
Nominative Case Pronoun
Participle Verb
Brackets
Counterpoint
11. 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.
Clauses
Objective Case Noun
Nominative Case Noun
Reciprocal Pronouns
12. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Counterpoint
Future Perfect Tense
Present Tense
13. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Possessive Pronouns
Plural Nouns
Gerund
Reflective Pronouns
14. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Future Tense
Nominative Case Pronoun
Proper Nouns
Euphemism
15. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Future Perfect Tense
Tone
Types of Source Material for Writing
Neutral Nouns
16. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Future Tense
Cause and Effect
Etymology
Proper Nouns
17. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Conditional Sentence
Objective Case Pronoun
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Verbs
18. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Indefinite Pronouns
Clauses
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Nominative Case Pronoun
19. 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.
Compound Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Apostrophe
Present Perfect Tense
20. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Phonetics
APA?
Objective Case Pronoun
Interrogative Sentence
21. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Simple Pronouns
Masculine Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Classification
22. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language
Psycholinguistics
Compound subject - single predicate
Gerund
Syntax
23. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Future Tense
Singular Nouns
Sociolinguistics
Exclamatory Sentence
24. Modern Language Association
MLA
Imperative Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Participle Verb
25. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Intensive Pronouns
Dash
Adjective
Imperative Sentence
26. 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.
Interrogative Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
Comma
27. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Clauses
Illustration
Sarcasm
28. American Psycological Association
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Possessive Case Noun
APA?
Past Tense
29. 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'
Clauses
Sarcasm
Complex Sentence
Participle Verb
30. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Phonetics
Sociolinguistics
Adjective
Demonstrative Pronouns
31. 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.
Sociolinguistics
Independent clause with two phrases
Personal Pronouns
Verbs
32. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details
Concrete Nouns
Illustration
Plural Nouns
Interrogative Sentence
33. 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
Singular Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Future Tense
Ineffective Sentences
34. 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
Future Perfect Tense
Chronological order
Nominative Case Pronoun
Cause and Effect
35. 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
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Future Tense
Dash
Ineffective Sentences
36. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.
Future Tense
Compound Pronouns
Phonology
Concrete Nouns
37. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Gerund
Internet
Objective Case Pronoun
Phrases
38. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Doublespeak
Present Tense
Antecedent
Exclamation Point
39. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Jargon
Simple Pronouns
Interrogative Sentence
Present Perfect Tense
40. Shows possession or ownership
Common Nouns
Plural Nouns
Possessive Case Noun
Masculine Nouns
41. Study of the structure of words
Singular Nouns
Morphology
Types of Source Material for Writing
Hyphen
42. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
APA?
Clauses
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Counterpoint
43. 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).
Ethnolinguistics
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Indefinite Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
44. 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
Style
Phonology
Adverbs
Complex Sentence
45. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
Other sources
Transitive Verbs
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Student - created sources
46. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Dash
Morphology
location
Indefinite Nouns
47. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Question Mark
Common Nouns
Reference works
48. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
Concrete Nouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Psycholinguistics
Euphemism
49. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Possessive Case Pronoun
Brackets
Reciprocal Pronouns
Question Mark
50. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Student - created sources
Psycholinguistics
Reference works
Exclamation Point