OSAT English Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Rated A+
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OSAT English Exam Questions and
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Dialects - A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific
region or social group.
Slang - Very informal language or specific words used by a particular
group of people.
Heard more often than written
Formal Langua...
Dialects - ✔✔A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific
region or social group.
Slang - ✔✔Very informal language or specific words used by a particular
group of people.
Heard more often than written
Formal Language - ✔✔Does not use collo quialisms, contractions or first-
person pronouns such as "I" or "We"
Informal Language - ✔✔More casual and spontaneous
Used when communicating with friends or family
Jargon - ✔✔Special words or expressions that are used by a particular
profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
Technical Language - ✔✔Refers to the skills or terminologies that are
typically best understood by people who specialize in that field or area
,Regionalisms - ✔✔A linguistic feature peculiar to a particular region and
not part of the standard language of a country
Anecdote - ✔✔A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or
person
Analogy - ✔✔A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of
explanation or clarification
Compromise - ✔✔Settle a dispute by mutual concession
Collaborate - ✔✔Work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create
something
Purposes of Writing - ✔✔To describe/inform
To explain
To entertain
To persuade
To analyze
To evaluate
Brainstorming - ✔✔A way to generate ideas within a group setting
Parallel form - ✔✔Expressions of similar content and function should be
outwardly similar.
,Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method; now it is taught by
the laboratory method.
Subordinating Ideas - ✔✔Clauses with less importance than the main idea.
Spatial Organization - ✔✔Information is organized in order of space or
location
Chronological Organization - ✔✔Information is organized according to a
progression of time, either forward or backward
General to Specific Organization - ✔✔Moving from a broad observation
about a topic to specific details in support of that topic
Abstract Words - ✔✔Used to describe notions, concepts, and things that
can't readily be observed by your five senses
Concrete Words - ✔✔Term that identifies a thing or event that can be
measured or observed
Simple sentences - ✔✔A sentence consisting of only one clause, with a
single subject and predicate.
Compound Sentences - ✔✔Sentence that has at least two independent
clauses joined by a comma, semicolon, or conjunction.
Complex Sentences - ✔✔Sentence that combines one independent clause
, Compound-Complex Sentences - ✔✔Sentence with at least two
independent clauses and at least one dependent clause
Appositive Phrase - ✔✔Noun or noun phrase that renames another noun
right beside it
Adjectival Phrase - ✔✔A group of words headed by an adjective that
describes a noun
Adverbial Phrase - ✔✔Two or more words which play the role of an adverb.
Participial Phrase - ✔✔A group of words consisting of a participle and the
modifier and/or nouns, pronouns or noun phrases that function as the direct
objects, indirect objects, or complements of the action or state expressed in
the participle
Prepositional Phrase - ✔✔A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition
and its object.
Independent Clause - ✔✔A group of words that can stand alone in a
sentence.
Dependent Clause - ✔✔A group of words with a subject and a verb but
does not express a complete thought so it cannot stand alone.
Adverbial Clause - ✔✔A group of words which plays the role of an adverb
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