QUESTION 1
- The following statement is report language.
- “Pat uses drugs and cares for nothing else.”
- True
- False
QUESTION 2
- Highly connotative language that often serves as a substitute for serious thought and well reasoned argument is known as
- a.Metaphors
- b.Stereotype
- c.Snarl words & Purr words
- d.Similes
QUESTION 3
- When a mother refers to her child as “Honey,” “Sugar,” “Duckie,” or “Sweetie Pie,” she is making use of what quality of language?
- a.Directive language
- b.Affective connotation
- c.Sponsored poetry
- d.Inferences
QUESTION 4
- The process of progressing through this horizontal ladder:
- Sports equipment –> All balls used in sports –> Soccer balls –> Joe’s leather soccer ball
- is called?
- a.Abstracting
- b.Stereotyping
- c.Slanting
- d.Inferences
QUESTION 5
- John: “I told my girlfriend I loved her today.”
- Valerie: “OMG! You’re getting married!”
- This exchange is an example of…
- a.Inference
- b.Affective language
- c.Directive language
- d.Conversational ritual
QUESTION 6
- Deliberately giving a biased, subjective account of a given reality (either positive or negative) is known as…
- a.Abstracting
- b.Slanting
- c.Sponsored poetry
- d.Report language





