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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. Shows possession or ownership






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






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






9. The study of meaning in a language






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






16. Film - art - media and so on






17. 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).






18. 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






19. Each other - one another






20. The writer states the topic sentence first followed by details






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






22. American Psycological Association






23. 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






24. The writer explains the relationships between concepts or terms






25. 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.






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






27. The order in which events happen in time.






28. Marks






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






30. The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Study of the structure of words






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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).






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






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






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