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Discourse Analysis Showdown!

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Discourse Analysis seeks to....

a)

identify the use of facts in language

b)

find stereotypes in talk or text

c)

uncover hidden meanings in language

d)

determine how power is exercized and resisted in talk and text

2.

The Myth of Canadian Pluralism starts with colonialism

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Ideologies are rooted in truth

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Ideologies impact reality by...

a)

attaching labels to people

b)

limiting people's access to education, jobs, housing, etc.

c)

informing how people treat one another

d)

all are correct

5.

Discourse is...

a)

systems and signs that we use to communicate

b)

the primary mode of communication

c)

ideas, images, words, and practice that inform what we think we know

d)

another word for language

6.

Discourse is mobilized by ideology

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Agenda-setting refers to...

a)

recording items in a day planner

b)

how newspapers tell us what's important/what to care about

c)

when newspapers focus on crimes commited by people of colour

d)

none are true

8.

The hegemony refers to...

a)

the most powerful people in society

b)

the less powerful people in society

c)

the mediumest most powerful people in society

9.

Canadian multiculturalism was...

a)

an attempt to quell uprisings

b)

designates people of colour as "other"

c)

an attempt to solve a conflict between the english and french

d)

all are true