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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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CSET English Composition And Rhetoric
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1. 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.

2. Group of words - describes person/thing - performs action - contains subject & predicate

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

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

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

6. Modern Language Association

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

8. The use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message

9. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule

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

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. 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) -

15. Pronouns used to ask questions. What - which - who - whom - whose e.g. WHAT is going on? WHO turned off the lights?

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

17. American Psycological Association

18. Angela dances.

19. 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

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

21. 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

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

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

24. Use of positive messages to recongnize or influence others

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