African American Vernacular
Authored by Margaret Anderson
English
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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.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Grammatically, AAVE would pronounce the word "that" with...
Tags
CCSS.L.5.3B
CCSS.L.6.1E
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.5.3B
CCSS.L.6.1E
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
AAVE is often associated with which cultural movement?
Rock
Jazz
Classical
Hip Hop
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
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.5.3B
CCSS.L.6.1E
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. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
CCSS.RL.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.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
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