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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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1. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties






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






3. 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.)






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






5. Each other - one another






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






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






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






9. Marks






10. 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






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






12. Angela and Jay dance.






13. 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.






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






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






16. American Psycological Association






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. The order in which events happen in time.






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






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






29. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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






36. Study of the structure of words






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. Example: Sam and Tom 'are enjoying' their dessert






42. 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.






43. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






44. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal the truth






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






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






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






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






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






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