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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing






8. The study of meaning in a language






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Modern Language Association






30. Connect the subject and the subject complement (an adjective - noun - or noun equivalent) Example: It 'was' rainy. Erin 'is' happy.






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Marks






36. 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






37. Study of the history and origin of words






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






39. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.






40. 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






41. 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






42. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






43. Film - art - media and so on






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






45. Gender nouns that are nonspecific (i.e. chairperson - politician - president - professor - flight attendant) Example: Politican - doctor - principal - teacher - student -






46. Angela and Jay dance.






47. 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.






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






49. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.






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