Nava ED FTCE book
notes English 6-12
Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period - Correct Answer: 450-1100 AD
Influences in Old English - Correct Answer: Angles, Saxons and Jutes mixed their Germanic dialects.
Romans brought Latin influences and Vikings brought Norce influences
What is an important work written during Old English times? - Correct Answer: the epic poem Beowulf
Middle English time period - Correct Answer: 1100-1500
What language influences were introduced during Middle English times? - Correct Answer: French
What is an important work of the Middle English time period? - Correct Answer: Chaucer's The
Canterbury Tales
Modern English time period - Correct Answer: 1500-present
Who brought printing to the U.S? - Correct Answer: William Caxton and this standardized Modern
English
The English Renaissance brought words from? - Correct Answer: Greek and Latin
,The Industrial Revolution had what affect on new words? - Correct Answer: New technical terms were
introduced
what are borrow words - Correct Answer: Words that are from different cultures that have become
woven into the Modern English language over time.
etymology - Correct Answer: the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have
changed throughout history
Colloquilism - Correct Answer: informal speech or slang
vernacular language - Correct Answer: everyday speech that varies from place to place. influenced by:
-religion
-ethnic
-historical time periods
-regional
-gender
dialect - Correct Answer: English usage can vary from place to place and affects the way people of the
region speak
What are some works that were influenced by religious languages in their texts? - Correct Answer:
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, Paradise Lost by Milton, and Inferno by Dante
Political authors who have greatly influenced language in the U.S - Correct Answer: Thomas Paine and
enlightenment author Ben Franklin who introduced political and technical terminology during the
revolution
What do adverbs end with - Correct Answer: ly
Parallelism - Correct Answer: the matching of sentence components in order to make grammatical sense
, Orthography - Correct Answer: the conventional spelling system of a language
simple sentence - Correct Answer: A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent
clause
complex sentence - Correct Answer: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one
dependent clause
compound sentence - Correct Answer: a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses,
often joined by one or more conjunctions
compound complex sentence - Correct Answer: at least one dependent clause and two or more
independent clauses
what is a grammar/style guide used for? - Correct Answer: grammar usage and rules, editing and
writing, citation guidelines
what is a dictionary used for? - Correct Answer: word definitions, find a part of speech,
pronunciation/syllables, spelling, etymology or find the origin of the word
what is a thesaurus used for? - Correct Answer: list of synonyms and antonyms
denotative meaning - Correct Answer: is the literal dictionary meaning of words
conative meaning - Correct Answer: the implied meaning of a word based upon its use within a given
context
moprhology - Correct Answer: the study of words, word structure and the various forms of words. Think
stems, roots, prefixes and suffixes
structural analysis of a word is? - Correct Answer: breaking down the word to determine its meaning
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