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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






2. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






3. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.






4. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






5. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






6. 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






7. Film - art - media and so on






8. 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






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






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






11. 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'






12. 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






13. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






14. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






17. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






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






24. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her






25. 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.






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






27. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






28. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






29. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)






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






31. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag






32. A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause.






33. 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






34. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?






35. Study of the structure of words






36. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






37. Marks






38. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






39. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe






40. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






41. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






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






43. 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.






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






45. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






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






48. 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) -






49. 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.






50. 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.