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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. McMurtry - Larry. Buffalo Girls. New York: Simon and Schuster - 1960.
Apostrophe
Etymology
Feminine Nouns
How to site for a book in MLA format
2. Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun ex. small - yellow - young - sleek - the
Adjective
Past Perfect Tense
Compound subject - single predicate
Common Nouns
3. A person - place - or thing that is not specific Example: woman - lion - toy - house
Common Nouns
Parentheses
Student - created sources
Etymology
4. Refer to specific people - places - or things this - that - these - those e.g. Which skates are ligher - THESE or THOSE?
Present Perfect Tense
Dash
Phonetics
Demonstrative Pronouns
5. A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant Ex. Toilet - Ladies' Room
Euphemism
Participle Verb
English origins
MLA
6. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'
Proper Nouns
Participle Verb
APA?
Exclamatory Sentence
7. Can be a direct object - an indirect object - or an object of the preposition - it - them etc.
Objective Case Pronoun
Cause and Effect
Infinitive Verb
Style
8. McMurtry - Larry (1960). <I> Buffalo Girls </I>. New York: Simon and Schuster.
To cite a book in APA format
Compound Sentence
Possessive Case Pronoun
Possessive Case Noun
9. The writer states the details first and places the topic sentence at the end.
Reflective Pronouns
Climax
Phrasal Pronouns
Compound subject - compound predicate
10. The study of langauge as it relates to society - including race - class - gender and age
Declarative Sentence
Sociolinguistics
Compound subject - compound predicate
Illustration
11. Use around information that does not fit into the flow of the sentence - but that you want to include
Jargon
Dash
Verbs
Parentheses
12. Modern Language Association
Counterpoint
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
Praise
MLA
13. Angie and Jay dance and win contests.
Past Perfect Tense
APA?
Compound subject - compound predicate
Compound/ Complex Sentence
14. People - places - or things that can be experienced by the senses e.g. bear - Gold Miner Restaurant - basketball
point of view
Praise
Concrete Nouns
Internet
15. 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.
Personal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Antecedent
Morphology
16. Pronouns combined with self or selves myself - ourselves - yourself yourselves - himself - herself - itself - oneself themselves
point of view
Etymology
Nominative Case Noun
Compound Pronouns
17. Film - art - media and so on
Historical and political influences on language acquistioin
Nominative Case Pronoun
Parentheses
Other sources
18. The order in which events happen in time.
Reflective Pronouns
Independent clause with two phrases
Chronological order
Exclamation Point
19. Reference works online. Search engines or portals (sites that list many resources and websites) to gather ideas and information.
Participle Verb
Cause and Effect
Internet
Masculine Nouns
20. 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.
Sematics
Phrasal Pronouns
Present Perfect Tense
Linking or Connecting Verbs
21. A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Ambiguity
Demonstrative Pronouns
Period
Parentheses
22. The study of meaning in a language
Sematics
Apostrophe
Future Tense
point of view
23. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st - 2nd - 3rd person; omniscient - limited omniscient)
point of view
Concrete Nouns
Future Tense
Internet
24. Names female persons or animals e.g. mother - aunt - sister - doe
Reciprocal Pronouns
Psycholinguistics
Feminine Nouns
Hyphen
25. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Past Perfect Tense
Question Mark
Objective Case Noun
Period
26. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea e.g. citzens - cities - houses - earthquakes -
Etymology
Plural Nouns
Relative Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
27. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Indefinite Pronouns
Nominative Case Noun
Student - created sources
28. Marks
Cause and Effect
Psycholinguistics
Brackets
Ambiguity
29. Study of the structure of words
Reference works
Morphology
A partial list of rhetorical features that affect the voice of a piece:
Compound subject - single predicate
30. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties
Clauses
Other sources
Phonetics
Neutral Nouns
31. Each other - one another
Abstract Nouns
Possessive Case Pronoun
Brackets
Phrasal Pronouns
32. Specialized language of a particular group or culture
Phonetics
Writing Activities
Jargon
Future Perfect Tense
33. E.g. floor - desk - computer
Compound subject - compound predicate
Compound subject - single predicate
Present Perfect Tense
Neutral Nouns
34. A short - staccato sentence that provides meaningful emphasis Ex: So be it.
Effective Sentence
Participle Verb
Present Tense
Stages of the Writing Process (in order)
35. 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.
Neutral Nouns
Possessive Pronouns
Reference works
Phonology
36. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.
Past Perfect Tense
Morphology
Abstract Nouns
Feminine Nouns
37. Angela and Jay dance.
Ethnolinguistics
Possessive Case Pronoun
Compound subject - single predicate
Interrogative Pronouns
38. The study of the structure of sentences
Plural Nouns
Past Perfect Tense
Syntax
Participle Verb
39. 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.
English origins
Illustration
Types of Source Material for Writing
Brackets
40. 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).
Linking or Connecting Verbs
Phonology
Proper Nouns
Compound/ Complex Sentence
41. Refer to or replace nouns in a general way. They are also used as adjectives. They are then followed by a noun - as in BOTH DOGS or EACH BOOK. all - any - anyone - both - each - either - every - many - neither - nobody - no one - nothing - other(s) -
Apostrophe
Indefinite Pronouns
Abstract Nouns
Parentheses
42. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate
Intransitive Verbs
Demonstrative Pronouns
Clauses
To cite a book in APA format
43. Study of the history and origin of words
Morphology
Independent clause with two phrases
Concrete Nouns
Etymology
44. A sentence that gives a command Example: Please take the dog out for a walk.
Imperative Sentence
Etymology
Possessive Case Pronoun
Climax
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
Cause and Effect
Ineffective Sentences
Sociolinguistics
Concrete Nouns
46. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding' - memory - peace -
Other sources
Abstract Nouns
Climax
Doublespeak
47. The study of language as it relates to culture - frequently associated with minorty linguistic groups within the larger culture
Participle Verb
Praise
Abstract Nouns
Ethnolinguistics
48. Expresses action or condition of a person - place - or thing
Antecedent
Parentheses
Verbs
Doublespeak
49. The analysis of how sounds funtion in a langauge or dialect
Phonology
Phrasal Pronouns
Sociolinguistics
Possessive Case Pronoun
50. Shows possession or ownership
Possessive Case Noun
location
Infinitive Verb
Indefinite Nouns