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