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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. Angela dances.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






12. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources






13. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The order in which events happen in time.






22. 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.






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 meaning in a language






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Ex: If you want to stay healthy(dependent c.) - you must choose your food carefully(independent c.)






31. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






33. 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






34. Each other - one another






35. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






36. 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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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






41. Modern Language Association






42. 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).






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






47. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






49. The writer shows similarities and differences between two or more subjects






50. 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







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