WorksheetsIntroduction to Linguistics Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the study of the sound patterns of language and the changes in different contexts within and among languages?
Phonetics
Semantics
Morphology
Syntax
Which rhetorical device involves repeating a word or phrase several times to make an idea clear or for emphasis?
Allusion
Parallelism
Repetition
Rhetorical Question
What is the smallest part of a word that has grammatical function or meaning?
Morpheme
Word
Consonant
Syllable
Which type of semantics is concerned with the truth of utterances and how that truth is determined?
Formal Semantics
Conceptual Semantics
Connotation
Lexical Semantics
What is the study of how words are put together in sentences?
Phonology
Pragmatics
Syntax
Stylistics
Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of words at the end of a line?
Epistrophe
Anaphora
Understatement
Oxymoron
What is the study of the production and perception of speech sounds?
Semantics
Syntax
Phonetics
Morphology
Which type of figurative language involves a comparison between two unrelated things using 'like' or 'as'?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
What is a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in a spoken or written form?
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics
Rhetoric
Which type of pragmatics adds extra meaning to an expression in addition to its literal or straightforward meaning?
Connotation
Far-side Pragmatics
Denotation
Near-side Pragmatics
How many morpheme(s) can you find in the word: visitor
1
2
3
4
The bound morpheme used in the word carefully is ...
-lly
-fully
-ly
-y
Complete the sentence using allusion.
He was the strongest until his opponent found his ... and knocked him down.
(a)
You pick up the phone and you call your favorite restaurant.
You: "Hi, do you have any tables free this Saturday?"
Restaurant manager: "Yes, we do." They put down the phone.
Analyze the conversation above semantically and pragmatically.
In 'Harry Potter', Professor Snape's first name, Severus, means serious, strict, and severe. The character of Professor Snape is also serious and strict. This is an example of which of the following?
Denotation
Denotation and connotation opposing each other
Connotation
Denotation and connotation working together
Write a sentence illustrating a proper application of English syntax rules.
What is the best method of distinguishing between literal meaning and figurative meaning?
(a)
What is the implication when someone asks you How are you?
In his short story 'The Cask of Amontillado,' Edgar Allan Poe states:
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."
What type of figurative language does the sentence contain?
(a)
"If someone watched the cat darting across the yard, they might think they were seeing the flames of a fire."
The above sentence successfully uses a ....
parallelism
idiom
metaphor
personification
