Gabriela quiz 8
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Question 1
2 / 2 pts
According to Waldman's article, informal writing, unlike informal speech, is...
relatively new
as old as human civilization itself
began with William Shakespeare
started with the printing press
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Waldman describes this type of writing as a "a loose and intuitive vehicle for thought"
Informal Writing
Formal Writing
Solid Writing
Draft writing
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
According to Waldman's article, what term is used to describe the most recent
generation of writers, who joined Facebook after, rather than before, their parents?
Post Internet People
Full Internet People
Semi Internet People
Pre Internet People
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Dyer contends that all languages and dialects, by virtue of the fact they exist and are
used at all, are functionally perfect.
True
False
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Dyer argues that perhaps no word is as despised as __________, before he then
mounts a defense of this word and predicts its expansion over the coming centuries.
Like
The New England Patriots
Also
So
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Dyer argues that like verbal inflections such as -est and -eth, it is unlikely that words
such as ____________ will be used in one thousand years as part of an English
speaker's contemporary grammar.
Select all that apply.
will
Who
there
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Question 7
2 / 2 pts
The process by which word meanings change slightly over time--often on a level that is
difficult to detect at the moment, but eventually producing long-term shifts in word
meanings is called a/an...
Semantic Shift
Linguistic Turn
English Boogie
Word Slight
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
According to Waldman's article, what term is used to describe people who logged onto
the internet as adults in the late 1990s or early 2000s? Such people are more likely to
type “LOL” than “lol” because they don’t view digital conversation as the place for tonal
subtlety.
Semi Internet People
Post Internet People
Full Internet People
Pre Internet People
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Dyer argues that every generation complains about the previous generation's grammar
because languages degrade and become less correct with time.
True
False
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
According to Waldman's article, communication leans toward being extravagant and
includes additional words and phrases wherever possible.
True
False
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