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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Study of the history and origin of words






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






3. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






4. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






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






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






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






10. The study of the structure of sentences






11. American Psycological Association






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. Study of the structure of words






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






17. A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation; strong feeling






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






19. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






21. The order in which events happen in time.






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






23. Each other - one another






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -






30. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect






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






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






33. Film - art - media and so on






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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Refer to or replace nouns in a general way. They are also used as adjectives. They are then followed by a noun - as in BOTH DOGS or EACH BOOK. all - any - anyone - both - each - either - every - many - neither - nobody - no one - nothing - other(s) -






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The study of meaning in a language






49. 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.






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