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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others






2. The study of the structure of sentences






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






4. Marks






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






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






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






18. Can be the subject of a clause or the predicate noun when it follows a linking verb e.g. 'be'






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






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






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






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






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






24. Angela and Jay dance.






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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).






31. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






32. Reflexive pronouns that emphasize a noun or another pronoun e.g. Jon HIMSELF - she HERSELF - the group THEMSELVES We OURSELVES formed the new drama club.






33. Joins a dependent clause to an independent clause (who - whom - whose - which - that and all of the W's + ever) e.g. The person THAT gave you the book is the boy WHO likes me.






34. 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.






35. 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.)






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






37. Names we give to specific people and places. Usually begin with a capital letter. e.g. 'Tony Blair' - 'France' - 'Cardiff'






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.