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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






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






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






4. American Psycological Association






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






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






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






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






10. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






11. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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






13. Style - Tone - Point of View - Sarcasm - Counterpoint and Praise






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Shows possession or ownership






21. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






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






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






24. The writer shows how events and their results are related






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






26. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -






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






28. Angela dances.






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Film - art - media and so on






37. 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).






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






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






40. A perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future e.g. By this time next year - Stephen 'will have completed' all the course work for his HVAC certification.






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






42. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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






46. Modern Language Association






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






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






49. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






50. Can be the subject of a clause - I - you - he - she - it - we - they - is a predicate nominative if it follows a 'be' verb or another linking verb and renames the subject