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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house






2. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






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






11. 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.






12. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






13. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question






14. Verb preceded by 'to' and the base form of a verb - such as 'to see' or 'to leave'. It can function as an adjective - adverb - or noun






15. Marks






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






17. Film - art - media and so on






18. 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).






19. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Name only one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzen - city - house - earthquake






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






31. Study of the history and origin of words






32. 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






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






34. Angela dances.






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






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






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






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






39. E.g. floor - desk - computer






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. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






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






43. The study of the structure of sentences






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






45. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning






46. 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.






47. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past Example: Yesterday - the cafeteria 'offered' frozen yogurt for dessert.






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






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






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