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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

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






2. 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.






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






4. Marks






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






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






7. 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.






8. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. e.g. Eline said that she 'had been' to Lake Tahoe many times.






9. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. Study of the history and origin of words






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






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






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






20. Modern Language Association






21. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






22. 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






23. 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'






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






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






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






27. The study of the structure of sentences






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






29. Study of the structure of words






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






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






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






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






34. Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things) - to connect two independent clauses - and to set off introductory elements.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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






41. E.g. floor - desk - computer






42. A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Ex: If you want to stay healthy(dependent c.) - you must choose your food carefully(independent c.)






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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