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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Adverbs
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Parentheses
2. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Euphemism
Clauses
Conditional Sentence
Abstract Nouns
3. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Adverbs
Effective Sentence
Simple Sentence
Infinitive Verb
4. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Feminine Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Independent clause with two phrases
Reciprocal Pronouns
5. 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
Past Perfect Tense
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Comma
Compound subject - single predicate
6. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Possessive Pronouns
Linking or Connecting Verbs
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Internet
7. 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.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Classification
Reciprocal Pronouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
8. Each other - one another
Counterpoint
Phrasal Pronouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
Relative Pronouns
9. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Phrasal Pronouns
Counterpoint
Syntax
Indefinite Nouns
10. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
APA?
Compound subject - single predicate
Parentheses
Jargon
11. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Present Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Compound Sentence
Declarative Sentence
12. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Tone
Student - created sources
Independent clause with two phrases
Verbs
13. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Illustration
Present Tense
Phonetics
Praise
14. Film - art - media and so on
Etymology
Other sources
Phonetics
Internet
15. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Imperative Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Feminine Nouns
Objective Case Noun
16. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Feminine Nouns
Euphemism
Imperative Sentence
MLA
17. 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.
Compound Sentence
Morphology
Objective Case Pronoun
Collective Nouns
18. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
Past Perfect Tense
Classification
Antecedent
Praise
19. 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
Possessive Pronouns
Imperative Sentence
Hyphen
Past Tense
20. Modern Language Association
Nominative Case Noun
MLA
Phonology
Singular Nouns
21. 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
Conditional Sentence
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Possessive Pronouns
22. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Sociolinguistics
Present Tense
Imperative Sentence
Reciprocal Pronouns
23. 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
Proper Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Intransitive Verbs
Possessive Case Noun
24. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
How to site for a book in MLA format
Collective Nouns
point of view
25. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Euphemism
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Future Perfect Tense
Counterpoint
26. The order in which events happen in time.
Proper Nouns
Apostrophe
Chronological order
Objective Case Pronoun
27. 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.
Nominative Case Noun
Student - created sources
Reflective Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
28. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Phrasal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
point of view
Imperative Sentence
29. Angela and Jay dance.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Compound subject - single predicate
Etymology
Praise
30. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Phrases
Comma
Morphology
Infinitive Verb
31. The study of meaning in a language
Sematics
Intensive Pronouns
Style
Linking or Connecting Verbs
32. 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.
Tone
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
How to site for a book in MLA format
Future Perfect Tense
33. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Simple Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Question Mark
Demonstrative Pronouns
34. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Exclamation Point
Verbs
Phrasal Pronouns
Phonetics
35. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage
Student - created sources
Relative Pronouns
Ambiguity
Future Tense
36. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Phrasal Pronouns
Ambiguity
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Effective Sentence
37. Shows possession or ownership
Sematics
Possessive Case Noun
Syntax
Dash
38. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Phonetics
Cause and Effect
Compound Sentence
point of view
39. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Singular Nouns
Feminine Nouns
Sarcasm
Common Nouns
40. 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
Infinitive Verb
Sematics
Interrogative Sentence
Common Nouns
41. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Personal Pronouns
Indefinite Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Clauses
42. 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.
Infinitive Verb
Adverbs
Present Perfect Tense
Apostrophe
43. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Reference works
Counterpoint
Masculine Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
44. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Present Perfect Tense
Simple Pronouns
Student - created sources
Comma
45. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
location
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Adverbs
Single Subject - Single Predicate
46. 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
Syntax
Plural Nouns
Question Mark
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
47. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.
Possessive Pronouns
Antecedent
Intensive Pronouns
Verbs
48. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Possessive Case Noun
Simple Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
Declarative Sentence
49. 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.
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Simple Sentence
Gerund
point of view
50. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Objective Case Pronoun
Pragmatics
Ethnolinguistics
Psycholinguistics