Semiotics Review

ReSemiotics Review

​These questions are about the whole subject

Open Ended

What is Semiotics?

Open Ended

What is a sign?

Match

Match the following terminology

• Signifier

• Signified

• Denotation

• Connotation

The sign (a word, colour or image)

A concept, deeper meaning or association

What we actually see when we look at a signifier

What we associate with a signifier

• The sign (a word, colour or image)

• A concept, deeper meaning or association

• What we actually see when we look at a signifier

• What we associate with a signifier

Multiple Choice

Is this image a symbol or an icon?

• Symbol

• Icon

Multiple Choice

Is this image a symbol or an icon?

• Symbol

• Icon

Multiple Choice

Is this image a symbol or an icon?

• Symbol

• Icon

Multiple Choice

Is this image a symbol or an icon?

• Symbol

• Icon

Open Ended

Who are the four main precursors of Semiotics?

Multiple Choice

Who said: "The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs"?

• Saussure

• Umberto Eco

• Pierce

• Roland Barthes

Multiple Choice

Whose model is this? Object-interpretant-representamen

• Peirce

• Saussure

• Eco

• Barthes

Open Ended

What is Pansemiotics?

Multiple Choice

Pierce classification of signs include:

• Qualisign, sinsign. legisign

• Qualisign, pagsign, totalisign

• Qualisign, sinsign, insign

Multiple Choice

icon, symbol, or index?

• icon

• symbol

• index

Multiple Choice

Icon, symbol, or index?

• icon

• symbol

• index

Multiple Choice

Saussure model includes?

• Icon, index, symbol

• Representament and representant

• signifier and signified

• object and sign

Multiple Choice

'Denotation' refers to

• Exact dictionary meaning of a word

• The correct spelling of a word

• The incorrect spelling of a word

• The emotional feeling a word holds

Multiple Choice

The connotation of a word is ______

• Its exact dictionary meaning

• The emotional feeling the word holds

• The correct way it is spelled

• The incorrect way it is spelled

Multiple Choice

Choose the best negative connotation for the following sentence:

Jacob opened up his gym bag and a horrible _____ came out.

• stink

• aroma

• scent

Multiple Choice

Choose the best positive connotation for the following sentence:

The ______ of Julie's new perfume reminded me of vanilla and roses.

• stink

• aroma

• scent

Multiple Choice

What is a positive connotation of the word "immature"?

• childish

• youthful

• silly

Multiple Choice

What is a negative connotation of the word "calm"?

• boring

• relaxed

• quiet

Multiple Choice

What the individual speak is...

• langue

• parole

Multiple Choice

What is shared by the community is...

• langue

• parole

Open Ended

What is the classification of signs according to Umberto Eco?

Multiple Choice

A serie of rules that will allow one to attribute a signification to a sign

• signified

• signifier

• Meaning

• Code

Multiple Choice

Semantics, Syntactic, and Pragmatics are:

• Branches of Linguistics

• Branches of Semiotics

• Subcategories

• sciences

Multiple Choice

What relates to the rules for how words should be grouped together? (sentence structure)

• Pragmatics

• Phonology

• Semantics

• Syntax

Multiple Choice

What relates to word meaning?

• Semantics

• Syntax

• Phonology

• Pragmatics

Multiple Choice

What are the sociolinguistic conventions that help us decide what to say to whom, how to say it, and when to say it?

• Semantics

• Morphology

• Pragmatics

Open Ended

What is meaning?

Multiple Choice

What is a Simile?

• It is a direct comparison between two things that does not use like or as.

• It is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common using the word “like” or “as”.

• A camparison

• A comparison of the same things.

Multiple Choice

What is the same about a simile and metaphor?

• they both use "like" or "as"

• they both compare one thing to another

• they both like hamburgers

• they are both used in math

Multiple Choice

You are my sunshine.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Semile

Multiple Choice

What is different about simile and metaphor?

• Simile loves Mondays; Metaphor hates Mondays

• Simile is used in music lyrics; metaphor is not

• Simile loves Star Wars; Metaphor prefers Star Trek

• Simile uses "like" or "as"; metaphor does not

Multiple Choice

Alladin runs like the wind across the field.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Your smile is as bright as the sun.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Your hug is a warm blanket on a cold day.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Watching a chess game is like watching grass grow.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Open Ended

What is verbal communication?

Open Ended

What is Paralanguage?

Multiple Choice

What does ASL stand for?

• American Symbol Language

• American Sign Language

• Association of Sign Language

Open Ended

What is Nonverbal communication?

Multiple Choice

Communication without words is called

• Silent speaking

• Verbal communication

• Nonverbal communication

• Interpersonal communication

Multiple Choice

What type of nonverbal communication do you see being violated?

• Space

• Eye contact 

• Smiles

• Tone of voice

Multiple Choice

A person's clothes is an important aspect of nonverbal communication.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Using your face to communicate a feeling is called

• facial expression

• gesture

• impression

Multiple Choice

She is using a hand ____ to say "okay."

• facial expression

• gesture

• posture

Multiple Choice

Body language is considered as?

• Verbal

• Non verbal

• None

Multiple Select

Thumbs up means

• Good job

• Try again

• Okay

• Not good

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT an example of verbal communication?

• Talking

• Word choice

• Conversations

• Eye contact

Multiple Choice

The image above can mean:

• I agree

• I do not agree

• I don't know

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

We use our face to convey a message.

• Gestures

• Posture

• Facial expressions

• Chronemics

Multiple Choice

Meetings and speeches are examples of non-verbal communication.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Facial Expressions:

• smiling, frowning and even blinking

• running, jumping, swimming

• text, read, send

• screaming, crying, laughing

Open Ended

What is Aesthetic?

Multiple Choice

is a process of sending and receiving messages using images

• non verbal

• verbal

• visual

• Virtual

Multiple Choice

Signs, maps or drawings as well as color or graphic design

• non verbal

• verbal

• visual

• virtual

Multiple Choice

the importance of visual communication

• all

• Improved retention

• Saves time

• Greater demand and receptivity

Multiple Choice

Human brains receive 90% of all information as visual chunks, and they remember of what they see______

• 60%

• 90%

• 20%

• 80%

Multiple Choice

visible appearance of a person, object, or thing

• light

• sight

• visual communication

• image

Multiple Choice

the earliest words came to be expressed in

• all

• photos

• images

• signs

Multiple Choice

still images

• digital

• logos

• photographs

• film

Multiple Choice

moving images

• all

• painting

• film

• drawing

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