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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. 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.






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






4. 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






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






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






7. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






8. 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






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






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






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. Shows possession or ownership






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






14. The order in which events happen in time.






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






16. 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'






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






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






19. 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).






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






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






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






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






24. Film - art - media and so on






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Angela dances.






33. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. American Psycological Association






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






43. Each other - one another






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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