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Semiotics Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is considered the father of modern linguistics and started the theory of sign with a dyadic or two-part model?
Charles Sanders Peirce
John Locke
Ferdinand de Saussure
Umberto Eco
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which level of signification explains the relationship of signifier and signified to reality, producing an explicit, direct, and definite meaning?
Myth
Connotation
Denotation
Heuristic Reading
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to Michael Riffaterre, what causes indirectness of expression in literary works?
Creation of meaning
Heuristic reading
Meaning replacement
Deviation meaning
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who developed semiotics into 2 levels of signs, denotation and connotation?
Michael Riffaterre
Ferdinand de Saussure
Umberto Eco
Roland Barthes
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the study of how signs and symbols are used to convey meaning in different contexts and media?
Syntax
Pragmatics
Signification semiotics
Communication semiotics
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to Umberto Eco, what is the task of a semiotician like?
Studying ancient texts
Conducting scientific experiments
Analyzing historical events
Exploring a forest
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RI.9-10.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who treated language as a sign-system and divided the sign into the signifier and the signified?
Ferdinand de Saussure
Michael Riffaterre
Roland Barthes
Umberto Eco
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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