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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
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1. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






2. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






3. 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.






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.)






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






12. American Psycological Association






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






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






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






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






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






18. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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).






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






26. Study of the history and origin of words






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






28. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






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






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






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






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






33. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






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






37. Shows possession or ownership






38. 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).






39. 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.






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






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






42. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age






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






44. Marks






45. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






46. Verb that can be used as a adjective. Present ends in - ing -----*Past ends in ed.- d -- t -- en -- n (The TERRIFYING movie was rated 'R') Ex. 'singing waiter' and 'baked goods'






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






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






49. Can be direct object - an indirect object - or an object of a preposition






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