Quiz 2-Grade 12

a spelling system

• orthography

• rejoinder

• inflection

• syntax

a critical answer to a reply

• rejoinder

• inflection

• syntax

• succinct

clear and concise

• orthography

• succinct

• syntax

• inflection

the arrangement of words

• rejoinder

• inflection

• syntax

• succinct

a change of pitch or tone of voice

• rejoinder

• inflection

• syntax

• succinct

   In English -s is a common ________ added to a singular noun to form the plural.

• cognate              

• inflection

• philology

• orthography

  Anyone who wants to be a public speaker should study classic _______ models.

         

• orthography

• phonology

• rhetorical

• inflected

   Someone interested in both history and languages may enjoy a career in ______________.

  

• inflection

• philology

• syntax

• rhetoric

  His witty __________ silenced his accuser and amused the audience.

• rejoinder

• philology

• orthography

• inflection

    Persuading medieval scholars to believe earth is round required a shift in _____________.

• cognate

• philology

• rhetoric

• paradigm