a12testbankpartiichapter10usinglanguage分析和总结分析和总结.docx

Chapter10UsingLanguageTrue-FalseQuestions

Studentsaretoi ndicatewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalsebycirclingtheappropriateletter.

1.

1.

T F Thewordsweusetolabelaneventdeterminetoagreat

extenthowwerespondtothatevent.

2.

T F Connotativemeaningisprecise,literal,andobjective.

3.

T F Aspeakershouldavoidusingfamiliarwordsbecausethey

makeaspeechsoundtrite.

4.

T F Languageneedstobeappropriatetoaspeakerherselfor

himself,aswellastotheaudience,topic,andoccasion.

5.

T F Aspeechdominatedbyabstractwordswillalmostalwaysbe

clearerthanonedominatedbyconcretewords.

6.

T F “TheOlympicflameburnsinsideeverycompetitor,igniting

theirdesiretowingold”isanexampleofmetaphor.

7.

T F Antithesisandalliterationareexcellentwaystoenhance

theimageryofaspeech.

8.

8.

T F “Asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyou;askwhatyoucan

doforyourcountry”isanexampleofantithesis.

9.

T F Usinglanguagewithastrongrhythmcanincreasetheimpact

ofaspeaker’swords.

10.T F Asyourtextbookexplains,usinginclusivelanguageina

speechisimportantprimarilyasamatterofpolitical

correctness.

MultipleChoiceQuestions

Studentsaretoindicatethebestanswerforeachquestionbycirclingthecorrectletter.

Languagehelpstoshapeoursenseofrealityby .

causingevents

b.givingmeaningtoevents

b.givingmeaningtoevents

c.communicatingevents

d.reflectingevents

Thedenotativemeaningofawordis .

whatthewordsuggestsorimplies

b.itsliteralordictionarymeaning

b.itsliteralordictionarymeaning

c.basedontheaudience’ssenseofappropriateness

d.usuallymoreabstractthanitsconnotativemeaning

Theconnotativemeaningofawordis .

itsdictionarydefinition

determinedbythespeaker

concreteandprecise

d.whatthewordsuggestsorimplies

d.whatthewordsuggestsorimplies

Asyourtextbookexplains,connotativemeaninggiveswordstheir

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