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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children






2. Marks






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






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






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






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






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






9. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






10. E.g. floor - desk - computer






11. 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.






12. Study of the history and origin of words






13. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






24. The study of the structure of sentences






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






26. Angela dances.






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






29. The word - phrase - or clause to which a pronoun refers. Each pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person and number. e.g. The BOYS are going to the game this weekend. THEY need to buy tickets.






30. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






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






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






33. Modern Language Association






34. 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.






35. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






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






39. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






45. Verbs that take a direct object - words or word groups that complete the meaning of a verb by naming a reciver of the action Ex. Daniel (subject) threw (transitive verb) the ball (direct object).






46. Each other - one another






47. 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.






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






49. Film - art - media and so on






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