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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Names male persons or animals e.g. father - uncle - brother - stag
Abstract Nouns
Masculine Nouns
Collective Nouns
Past Tense
2. 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).
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Transitive Verbs
Concrete Nouns
Student - created sources
3. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Proper Nouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Reflective Pronouns
Phrasal Pronouns
4. 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.
Tone
Clauses
Interrogative Sentence
Intensive Pronouns
5. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Question Mark
Possessive Pronouns
Nominative Case Pronoun
Past Perfect Tense
6. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner
Transitive Verbs
How to site for a book in MLA format
location
Imperative Sentence
7. Angela dances.
Etymology
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Indefinite Nouns
English origins
8. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms
Praise
Simple Pronouns
Hyphen
Classification
9. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise
Indefinite Pronouns
Proper Nouns
Effective Sentence
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
10. Each other - one another
Praise
Syntax
Collective Nouns
Phrasal Pronouns
11. Sentence that makes a statement and tells about a person - place - thing or idea Example: The bird drank from the water fountain.
Syntax
Question Mark
Adverbs
Declarative Sentence
12. American Psycological Association
Future Tense
APA?
Present Perfect Tense
Other sources
13. 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.
Possessive Case Noun
Possessive Pronouns
Past Perfect Tense
Writing Activities
14. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Ineffective Sentences
Plural Nouns
Period
Comparison
15. Refer back to subject nouns and pronouns - self myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself - etc. e.g. Sam knew she could do it HERSELF.
Reflective Pronouns
Intransitive Verbs
Brackets
Singular Nouns
16. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Etymology
Exclamation Point
Reference works
17. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Feminine Nouns
Nominative Case Noun
Ethnolinguistics
Present Tense
18. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Period
Compound Pronouns
Participle Verb
Verbs
19. 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.
Personal Pronouns
English origins
Ethnolinguistics
Sarcasm
20. 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
Imperative Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Pragmatics
Intensive Pronouns
21. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - publishing and evaluating
Single Subject - Single Predicate
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Exclamation Point
Illustration
22. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.
location
English origins
Euphemism
Independent clause with two phrases
23. 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
Etymology
Plural Nouns
Student - created sources
Style
24. Referrence works - Internet - Student - created sources and Other sources
Style
Phonology
Intransitive Verbs
Types of Source Material for Writing
25. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Climax
Antecedent
Counterpoint
Complex Sentence
26. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.
Compound/ Complex Sentence
Past Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Collective Nouns
27. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Sociolinguistics
Effective Sentence
Internet
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
28. 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.
Indefinite Nouns
Climax
Compound Sentence
Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
29. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'
Internet
Nominative Case Noun
Collective Nouns
Euphemism
30. Show possession or ownership. - apostrophes NOT used - my - his - her
point of view
Possessive Case Pronoun
Jargon
Euphemism
31. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
Other sources
point of view
Infinitive Verb
Writing Activities
32. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Sociolinguistics
Period
Illustration
Interrogative Pronouns
33. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -
Indefinite Nouns
Types of Source Material for Writing
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Present Perfect Tense
34. Study of the history and origin of words
Etymology
Antecedent
Writing Activities
Compound/ Complex Sentence
35. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Classification
Independent clause with two phrases
Apostrophe
Adverbs
36. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Doublespeak
Nominative Case Pronoun
Interrogative Pronouns
Question Mark
37. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition
Objective Case Noun
Future Tense
Infinitive Verb
Neutral Nouns
38. 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.
Reciprocal Pronouns
Exclamatory Sentence
Apostrophe
Past Perfect Tense
39. Marks
Etymology
Demonstrative Pronouns
Brackets
Relative Pronouns
40. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what
Simple Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Objective Case Noun
Intensive Pronouns
41. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.
Present Perfect Tense
Chronological order
Pragmatics
Linking or Connecting Verbs
42. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Parentheses
Phrasal Pronouns
Euphemism
Personal Pronouns
43. Film - art - media and so on
Chronological order
Common Nouns
Other sources
Illustration
44. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Present Tense
Verbs
Climax
Psycholinguistics
45. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Euphemism
Syntax
Present Tense
Question Mark
46. The study of the structure of sentences
Reflective Pronouns
Counterpoint
Syntax
Gerund
47. Angela and Jay dance.
Compound subject - single predicate
Intensive Pronouns
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Brackets
48. Shows possession or ownership
Present Perfect Tense
Possessive Case Noun
Brackets
Complex Sentence
49. 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.
Comma
Relative Pronouns
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Complex Sentence
50. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Nominative Case Noun
Imperative Sentence
Sematics
Transitive Verbs