Word Choice

Multiple Choice

What are the key aspects of word choice and language change that you should consider in AICE Language?

• Tone and style

• Grammar rules

• Historical context

• Audience engagement

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describe the impact of the author's word choice on the overall tone of the account?

• Phrases like teensy pests and hitch rides give the whole account a humorous tone.

• Words like rest, travel, and neighbors give the account a comforting tone.

• The words evidence and professional exterminator are use to create a threatening tone.

• Words with technical meanings create and informative tone, but phrases like crawling pinholes add a note of disgust.

Multiple Choice

What are the mechanisms of language change mentioned in the image?

• Archaism

• Semantic Shift

• Borrowing

• All of the above

Open Ended

What is historical context and why is it important to consider when reading literature?

Open Ended

What mechanism does this show? What’s the effect?

Multiple Choice

What are the three categories of words in the Group Word Bank?

• Words I Know

• Words I Should Know

• Words I Don’t Know Yet

• Words I Want to Learn

Fill in the Blank

Finish the sentence in a way that makes sense:

Instead of saying that the girl was fired from her job, the mother used a euphemism to say that she was...

Fill in the Blank

The word ________ changed because ________ (mechanism). This reflects ________ (social/political pressure). Its function in the text is _________.

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How confident do you feel about this topic now?