FTCE English 6-12: NavaED | 170 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024 | Verified

FTCE English 6-12: NavaED | 170 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024 | Verified Old English or Anglo-Saxon. Years? - 450-1100 A.D. Romans brought _____ influences to the language. - Latin Vikings brought _____ influences. Such as Beowulf, which was originally written in Old English. The textbook version today is translated to Modern English. - Norse Middle English. Years? - A.D. The Duke of Normandy brought _____ -speaking nobles to run his new government, thus bringing _____ influences into the language. - French What is an important work of this time? () - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Modern English. Years? - 1500-Present Who invented the printing press? - Willam Caxton Etymology - the study of the origin of words and dynamic nature of their forms Colloquialisms - informal words and phrases What is another way to refer to colloquial language? - SlangBorrowed Words - words adopted from other languages Vernacular Language - the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country Types of Vernacular Language include: (list 5) - 1. Ethnic 2. Religious 3. Historical 4. Regional 5. Gender Compound nouns include what word? - And Collective nouns do not include what word? - And Compound uses ________while collective nouns use ______. - plural; singular (made up of many individuals, but they generally act as one) Modifiers Should have the ____ before the ___. - What; how Orthography - the conventional spelling of words and the rules associated with spelling (there are exceptions) Denotative Meaning - the literal dictionary meaning of words Connotative Meaning - suggested meaning influenced by culture and/or personal experience Morphology - the study of words, word structure, and the various forms of words Allusion - - an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from the past- ex. I had no idea my off-handed statement would open Pandora's box.