Introduction to Linguistics Quiz

What is the study of the sound patterns of language and the changes in different contexts within and among languages?

• Phonetics

• Semantics

• Morphology

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which rhetorical device involves repeating a word or phrase several times to make an idea clear or for emphasis?

• Allusion

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the smallest part of a word that has grammatical function or meaning?

• Morpheme

• Word

• Consonant

• Syllable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which type of semantics is concerned with the truth of utterances and how that truth is determined?

• Formal Semantics

• Conceptual Semantics

• Connotation

• Lexical Semantics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the study of how words are put together in sentences?

• Phonology

• Pragmatics

• Syntax

• Stylistics

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of words at the end of a line?

• Epistrophe

• Anaphora

• Understatement

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the study of the production and perception of speech sounds?

• Semantics

• Syntax

• Phonetics

• Morphology

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

Which type of figurative language involves a comparison between two unrelated things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in a spoken or written form?

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Pragmatics

• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which type of pragmatics adds extra meaning to an expression in addition to its literal or straightforward meaning?

• Connotation

• Far-side Pragmatics

• Denotation

• Near-side Pragmatics

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4