Week 8 CFU SEI II/III

 What is a full stop in American English?

• a) a full period

• b) a period

• c) a stop full

• d) a semi-stop

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

For how long did the article say the full stop had been used?

• a) generations

• b) decades

• c) thousands of years

• d) centuries

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What do young people view the full stop as a sign of?

• a) punctuation

• b) fun

• c) anger

• d) writing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Who largely foregoes the use of punctuation?

• a) many youngsters

• b) pre-schoolers

• c) pensioners

• d) essayists

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

What did a linguist say people want to make when using a full stop?

• a) a mess

• b) a point

• c) a life

• d) a living

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

What did a linguist say young people perceive a full stop as being?

• a) insincere

• b) sincere

• c) sincerely

• d) sincerity

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Victoria Turk's job?

• a) an essayist

• b) a proof reader

• c) a journalist

• d) a linguist

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Where did Victoria Turk say a full stop was unnecessary?

• a) in messaging conversations

• b) in the United Kingdom

• c) at the beginning of sentences

• d) after a comma

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

What did Ms Turk suggest a full stop can make people come across as?

• a) punctilious

• b) gifted at writing

• c) intelligent

• d) cross or annoyed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

She gave the example: "Just. Look. How. ______    

• a.  Emphasis. This. Is.    

• b.  Emphatic. These. Is.    

• c.  Emphatic. This. Is.    

• d.  Emphatic. This. Are.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3