English Homework Help

1 Answer: A malapropism is a. a mistaken use of words that is humorous. b. a word formed from the initial letters of other words that make up a phrase. 2 Answer: The bow-wow theory of language development speculates that a. language originated as a means of warning others of imminent danger from wild animals. b. language originated when people imitated the sounds they heard in the natural world. 3 Answer: The gesture theory of language development speculates that a. gestures were accompanied by sounds that eventually came to mean what the gesture meant. b. gestures were accompanied by physical exertions and evolved into words associated with those exertions. 4 Answer: One example of a language that uses a syllabary writing system is a. Japanese. b. Chinese. 5 Answer: A logographic writing system is one in which a. each character represents a sound or syllable. b. each character represents an entire word. 6 Answer: Hieroglyphs are a. characters that represent objects or ideas. b. pictures that represent objects or ideas. 7 Answer: Linguistics is the study of a. the history and development of language. b. speech and language disabilities. 8 Answer: The cuneiform writing system of southeastern Iraq a. gradually changed from a logography to a syllabary. b. was a system of hieroglyphs. 9 Answer: The Phoenician writing system was similar to that of the Greeks in that a. both were based on logography. b. both were based on an alphabet. 10 Answer: Hieroglyphs were used by a. the Egyptians in northern Africa, the Sumerians in Iraq, and the Chinese. b. the Hittites in Turkey, the Maya in Central America, and the Egyptians in northern Africa. 11 Answer: The Greek alphabet forms the basis of a. all the alphabets in use in Europe. b. only the Greek and Latin alphabets. 12 Answer: English belongs to the same branch of languages as a. Yiddish, German, and Afrikaans. b. French, Italian, and Spanish. 13 Answer: English is a member of the a. Indo-European language family. b. Greek-and-Roman language family. 14 Answer: An inflected language is one in which a. nouns, pronouns, and adjectives have prefixes indicating their sentence function. b. nouns, pronouns, and adjectives have case endings indicating their sentence function. 15 Answer: In the Old English language a. nouns and pronouns had grammatical gender. b. nouns and verbs had grammatical gender. 16 Answer: Old English was the language of people in a. Britain. b. Denmark. 17 Answer: During the Middle English period the language a. became increasingly standardized and precise. b. began to simplify gradually. 18 Answer: Shakespeare wrote a. during the Middle English period. b. after the Middle English period. 19 Answer: Johannes Gutenberg a. began standardizing spelling and pronunciation of English. b. built and began using movable raised type on a printing press. 20 Answer: English a. has scarcely changed since the time of Shakespeare. b. continues to evolve slowly. 21 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: Code Blue a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 22 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: LA a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 23 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: He sent the package by partial post. a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 24 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: raise Cain a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 25 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: "cleans most surfaces" a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 26 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: tort a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 27 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: DJ a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 28 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: The doctor prescribed milk of amnesia. a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 29 Answer: Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies the following word or phrase: Pull up stakes. a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon 30 Answer: "helps give you a brighter smile" a. acronym b. malapropism c. idiom d. weasel words e. jargon