African American Vernacular

African American Vernacular

University

12 Qs

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African American Vernacular

African American Vernacular

Assessment

Quiz

English

University

Hard

CCSS
L.6.1E, RI.11-12.7, RL.11-12.7

+17

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

AAVE - also known as?

African-American Vernacular English

Afro-American Vernacular English

Anglo-American Vernacular English

An American Vernacular English

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Grammatically, AAVE would pronounce the word "that" with...

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.5.3B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

AAVE is most closely related to...

Southern U.S English

Northern U.S English

Eastern U.S English

Midwestern U.S English

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.5.3B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

AAVE is often associated with which cultural movement?

Rock

Jazz

Classical

Hip Hop

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a characteristic feature of AAVE?

Use of double negatives

Standardized grammar

Formal vocabulary

No sentence structure

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.5.3B

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

AAVE has its roots primarily in which historical context?

Urbanization in the 20th century

Immigrant communities

Colonial English

Slavery and African American culture

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a common misconception about AAVE?

It is a simplified version of English

It is a dialect of Southern English

It has no grammatical rules

It is only spoken by African Americans

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

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