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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Shows possession or ownership






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






3. 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






4. Angela and Jay dance.






5. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






6. The order in which events happen in time.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






17. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.






18. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






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






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






23. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room






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






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






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






28. 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






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'






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






31. 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.






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






33. The study of the structure of sentences






34. 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.






35. 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






36. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






38. Marks






39. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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






49. 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) -






50. 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