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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Objective Case Noun
Conditional Sentence
Phrasal Pronouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
2. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
English origins
Exclamatory Sentence
Feminine Nouns
Reflective Pronouns
3. A sentence that asks a question Example: Have you signed up for the test yet?
Interrogative Sentence
Jargon
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Etymology
4. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Phonetics
Syntax
point of view
Objective Case Pronoun
5. A sentence that expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact. Example: If you build it - they will come.
Rhetoric organizational patterns
How to site for a book in MLA format
Comma
Conditional Sentence
6. The writer shows how events and their results are related
Phonetics
Relative Pronouns
Apostrophe
Cause and Effect
7. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects
Classification
Comparison
Simple Pronouns
Jargon
8. 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).
Nominative Case Pronoun
Transitive Verbs
Possessive Case Pronoun
Past Perfect Tense
9. 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
Present Perfect Tense
Pragmatics
Plural Nouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
10. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Proper Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
Ineffective Sentences
11. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Phrasal Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Internet
12. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
Ineffective Sentences
Question Mark
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
13. Each other - one another
Adjective
Praise
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Phrasal Pronouns
14. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Compound subject - compound predicate
Objective Case Noun
Feminine Nouns
15. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Syntax
Feminine Nouns
Parentheses
16. Groups of related words that operate as a single part of speech - such as a verb - verbal - prepositional - appositive - or absolute
Adjective
Feminine Nouns
Neutral Nouns
Phrases
17. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Declarative Sentence
Ineffective Sentences
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Intensive Pronouns
18. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Relative Pronouns
Future Perfect Tense
Doublespeak
19. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
How to site for a book in MLA format
Euphemism
Internet
Pragmatics
20. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Ethnolinguistics
Demonstrative Pronouns
Reflective Pronouns
Question Mark
21. Study of the structure of words
Verbs
Hyphen
Interrogative Sentence
Morphology
22. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Personal Pronouns
Internet
Masculine Nouns
Objective Case Noun
23. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
Simple Sentence
Possessive Case Pronoun
Euphemism
Collective Nouns
24. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Phonetics
Present Tense
Compound subject - compound predicate
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
25. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert
Present Tense
Parentheses
Present Perfect Tense
Adverbs
26. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.
Proper Nouns
Sarcasm
Comma
Climax
27. E.g. floor - desk - computer
point of view
Gerund
Neutral Nouns
Future Tense
28. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
Counterpoint
Climax
Ambiguity
Relative Pronouns
29. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
Present Tense
Independent clause with two phrases
Apostrophe
Reciprocal Pronouns
30. 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
Praise
Comparison
Interrogative Sentence
Hyphen
31. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Singular Nouns
MLA
Nominative Case Pronoun
Exclamation Point
32. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Past Tense
Illustration
Reference works
Sarcasm
33. Angela and Jay dance.
Possessive Case Noun
Exclamation Point
Compound subject - single predicate
Proper Nouns
34. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Internet
Types of Source Material for Writing
Conditional Sentence
35. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Exclamatory Sentence
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Sarcasm
Abstract Nouns
36. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
Reference works
Apostrophe
Brackets
Infinitive Verb
37. Study of the history and origin of words
Exclamation Point
Etymology
Tone
Rhetoric organizational patterns
38. 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.
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Period
Future Perfect Tense
Writing Activities
39. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?
Conditional Sentence
Personal Pronouns
Effective Sentence
Interrogative Pronouns
40. The study of meaning in a language
How to site for a book in MLA format
Antecedent
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Sematics
41. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake
Simple Sentence
Comma
Brackets
Singular Nouns
42. Names a group of people - animals or objects. Example: army - family - club - group - people - children
Ethnolinguistics
How to site for a book in MLA format
Collective Nouns
Question Mark
43. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Independent clause with two phrases
Antecedent
Types of Source Material for Writing
Past Perfect Tense
44. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning
Masculine Nouns
Morphology
Pragmatics
Doublespeak
45. 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
Hyphen
Rhetoric organizational patterns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Nominative Case Pronoun
46. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Independent clause with two phrases
Past Perfect Tense
Jargon
How to site for a book in MLA format
47. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Relative Pronouns
Classification
Collective Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
48. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others
point of view
Writing Activities
Praise
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
49. 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
Illustration
Style
Possessive Pronouns
Sarcasm
50. Angela dances.
Doublespeak
Adjective
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Demonstrative Pronouns