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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric

Subjects : cset, english
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1. The multiple meanings - either intentional or unintentional - of a word - phrase - sentence - or passage






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. The order in which events happen in time.






7. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






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






10. Film - art - media and so on






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Each other - one another






25. The writer describes a person - place - or thing - organizing the description in a logical manner






26. 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.)






27. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule






28. Specialized language of a particular group or culture






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Angela dances.






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






35. The study of the structure of sentences






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






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






38. I - you - he - she - it we - they - who - what






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






40. Modern Language Association






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






42. 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.






43. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






47. American Psycological Association






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






49. Angie dances with Jay on Saturday nights.






50. 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