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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. 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.






2. The writer shows how events and their results are related






3. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






4. 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






5. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






6. 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.






7. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?






8. Angela dances.






9. 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






10. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






11. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






12. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






13. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






14. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






15. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






16. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






17. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






18. 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.






19. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






20. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house






21. The order in which events happen in time.






22. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






23. 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.






24. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.






25. Angela and Jay dance.






26. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves






27. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






28. American Psycological Association






29. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






30. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball






31. 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.






32. Modern Language Association






33. 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.






34. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






35. Used in contractions; to form singular and plural possessives; and to form plurals of letters - numbers - and worlds named as words.






36. Each other - one another






37. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.






38. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






39. 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.






40. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.






41. 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.






42. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating






43. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate






44. 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






45. Refer to or replace nouns in a general way. They are also used as adjectives. They are then followed by a noun - as in BOTH DOGS or EACH BOOK. all - any - anyone - both - each - either - every - many - neither - nobody - no one - nothing - other(s) -






46. 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






47. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






48. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?






49. 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).






50. The study of language as it relates to the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to learn language