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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






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






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






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






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






7. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






9. 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.






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






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. 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






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






14. At least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses Ex: When Sara turned seven (dependent c) - her mother planned a birthday party for her (independent c) - and Sara invited everyone in her class (independent c).






15. The study of meaning in a language






16. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






17. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute






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






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






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






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






22. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






23. 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.






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






25. 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






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






27. American Psycological Association






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






29. 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






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






31. Modern Language Association






32. Shows possession or ownership






33. 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.






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






35. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






36. 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






37. Study of the structure of words






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






39. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






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






43. Marks






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






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






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






50. 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