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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. 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).






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. E.g. floor - desk - computer






12. Film - art - media and so on






13. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






16. Study of the history and origin of words






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. A sentence that communicates strong feeling or ideas. Example: You scared me!






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations






29. 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






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






31. 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.)






32. Marks






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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).






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Each other - one another






46. Analogy - cause and effects - compare and contrast and illustration






47. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






50. Specialized language of a particular group or culture