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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. 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






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






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






4. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






5. 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'






6. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture






7. Each other - one another






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






9. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.






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






11. 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.






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






13. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






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






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






18. Film - art - media and so on






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






20. Angela dances.






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. 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






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






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.






28. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






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






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






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






32. American Psycological Association






33. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Shows possession or ownership






39. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






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






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






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






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






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






45. Study of the structure of words






46. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






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






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 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.






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