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Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade
English Language
Language Variation
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Q.1
Whether you are speaking or writing, this will determine the language variety which you employ.
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Audience
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Context
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Subject
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All of the above
Q.2
A language variety chosen to suit the audience is known as...
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accent
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dialect
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persuasion
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register
Q.3
Specialist language which is not usually understood by those who are not members of the group using it.
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Jargon
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Technicalities
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Received pronunciation
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Idiolect
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What is the term used for an individual's unique pattern of speech?
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Idiom
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Jargon
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Dialect
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Idiolect
Q.5
A word which would only be used in an informal, familiar context is described as a...
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metaphor
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colloquialism
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ellipsis
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contraction
Q.6
The particular version of a language used by those who are members of a large group (i.e. inhabitants of the same geographical region or members of the same socio-economic class).
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Idiolect
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Dialect
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Slang
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Accent
Q.7
The dialect of English which is agreed by the majority of native speakers as 'correct' is known as...
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everyday English
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official English
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standard English
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poetic English
Q.8
A freshly-coined word or phrase is known as a...
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cliché
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imported word
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neologism
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received term
Q.9
Highly-informal language which can include elements of jargon, neologism and colloquialism.
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Standard English
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American English
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Slang
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Sociolect
Q.10
The particular way a language is pronounced by an individual or a group is known as...
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idiom
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dialect
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slang
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accent
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