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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. Study of the history and origin of words






2. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






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






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






5. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Marks






11. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






12. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






13. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






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






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






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






17. 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'






18. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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






24. The order in which events happen in time.






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






26. 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






27. Shows possession or ownership






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Study of the structure of words






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






35. 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.






36. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






40. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






41. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






42. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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






44. Film - art - media and so on






45. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.






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






47. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.






48. 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.






49. The study of the structure of sentences






50. 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) -






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