Quiz on Peirce's Semiotics: Icon, Index, and Symbol
Authored by Ina Lole
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who describes the three categories of sign (Icon, Index, and Symbol)?
Charles Peirce
Roland Barthes
Ferdinand de Saussure
Tzvetan Todorov
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of sign looks like what it is representing?
Index
Icon
Arbitrary
Symbol
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an index?
A sign that resembles its object.
A sign that has no relationship with its object.
A sign that has a cause-and-effect relationship with its object.
A sign that can only be understood by social convention.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The most appropriate example of a symbol is?
Photo
Words in a language
Statue
Map
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of an icon?
A red traffic light
The word 'tree'
A photograph of a dog
Smoke
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CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Peirce's model of signs help us understand?
The structure of sentences
The history of language
How we use signs to communicate
How to create art
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an index?
Paw prints
A photograph of a dog
A traffic light
The word 'dog'
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