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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Modern Language Association






16. 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






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






18. The study of meaning in a language






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






20. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






21. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future Example: Tomorrow - Jan 'will bring' her lunch from home.






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. Film - art - media and so on






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






27. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






28. Marks






29. Angela and Jay dance.






30. 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






31. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






32. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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).






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Each other - one another






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






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






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






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






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






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