English Language Terms on the Fast Exam

The person/people reading/listening to the language are called?

• Text receiver

• Audience

• Reader

• Listeners

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Q. 

Emotive language is words that cause a reader to feel a certain _______?

• Emotion

• Way

• Belief

• Viewpoint

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

Q. The term used in linguistic analysis to discuss word structure is:

• Semantics

• Morphology

• Graphology

• Pragmatics

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 terms best describe:

word choices & group of words relating to a particular topic:

• lexis & subject-specific lexis

• deixis & subject-specific deixis

• jargon & field related jargon

• conversational maxims

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

Q. 

informal language/slang should be described as:

• Informal

• Conversational

• Regional

• Colloquial

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.SL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1D

CCSS.W.11-12.2E

What best describes a monologue?

• a person talking about a certain topic with no input from others

• prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker

• someone speaking alone

• prolonged talk or discourse by two speakers

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

Pragmatics is:

• the way we convey the meaning through communication.

• the meanings of words and phrases in a particular context.

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 set of words are not functions of texts?

• persuasive, referential, phatic

• interaction, conversational, instructional

• expressive, entertainment, instructional

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

In speech, tone is...

• is a musical term and, in language, relates to the level of voice production, high or low.

• relates to the emotion associated with the utterance.

• relates to the pace at which someone speaks.

• is the level of voice production, loud or soft.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is graphology?

• The mathematics behind a text.

• The structure of an article.

• A text’s design and visual appearance.

• A text’s numerical appearance.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4