Grammar
Fortunately, he admitted _______ (make) those mistakes.
MAKING
Which 2 rhetorical devices are used in this sentence? "Her smile lit up the room like a thousand-watt bulb".
This sentence employs hyperbole to exaggerate the brightness of her smile, and simile to make a comparison using the word “like”.
The following sound /ʤ/ is lenis voiced palato-alveolar fricative. True of False?
FALSE because it’s affricate
Which is said to be the event that started WW1?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.
Who is the father of translation?
Saint Jerome is considered the father of translation. He was a Christian priest, scholar and translator who is known for his work in translating the Bible into Latin, known as the Vulgate, which became the official version of the Catholic Church for many centuries.
Maybe you should try _______(get) up earlier.
GETTING (SUGGESTION)
Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: "He labored without rest, without complaint, without end"?
Polysyndeton (The repetition of "without" and the use of multiple conjunctions).
What is the term for a sound change in which one phoneme becomes more like a neighboring phoneme over time, often due to ease of articulation?
Assimilation
Which alliance included countries such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I?
The Central Powers
In Spanish medical texts, nominalization is less common compared to English, and there is a tendency to lower the language register. True or False?
FALSE. In Spanish medical texts, nominalization is more frequent than in English, and there is a tendecy to raise the tone of the register.
I remember _______ (cry) when my first daughter was born.
CRYING (MEMORY)
Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: "Her laughter was a quiet thunder, a gentle storm"?
Oxymoron (The juxtaposition of "quiet thunder" and "gentle storm").
Which is the correct pronunciation of the word "cockroach"?
A: /ˈkɒkrəʊtʃ/
B: /ˈkəʊkrətʃ/
A - /ˈkɒkrəʊtʃ/
Which is the state that has more votes in the Electoral College?
A: Texas
B: California
C: Florida
D: New York
California has 55 electoral votes.
What should be the step that we do before translating to rectify narrative errors and enhance readability for the reader?
Consider the factor of "original errors” in the source language text.
Identify the type of subordinate clause in the following sentence: The house that I live in belongs to my father.
Adjective clause. The subordinate clause qualifies the subject 'the house' in the principal clause, thereby acting as an adjective.
Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: "The captain commands one hundred sails"?
Synecdoche since it used "sails" to refer to ships (ships being the thing of which a sail is a part).
Recognize the employed feature:
Has your letter come?
/hæʤɔː lɛtə kʌm/
Coalescence
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945?
Heroshima and Nagasaki
In Spanish, generic drug names are typically used without referencing any brand names, except when describing a specific medication. But what is the reason behind omitting brand names?
Trademarks can vary significantly from one country to another, making it complex and less informative to address various naming conventions across all countries.
He asked whoever came to him if they knew where his wife could have gone after learning that he had been killed in the war they were fighting in the west. In this sentence, there are:
A: 4 subordinate clauses
B: 5 subordinate clauses
C: 6 subordinate clauses
D: 7 subordinate clauses
C - There are 6 subordinate clauses.
Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: "To err is human; to forgive, divine"?
Antithesis (The contrast between "to err is human" and "to forgive is divine") and parallelism.
The tongue positioning for the dark L starts out similar to the … : the tongue tip is up behind the top front teeth (but it doesn't pass the front teeth), and the tongue is pulled back into the mouth.
Light L
What was the codename for the project that developed the first atomic bombs during World War II?
The Manhattan Project
Which translation technique was used in this phrase?
SLT: "He greeted us with a friendly 'Bonjour!".
TLT: "Nos saludó con un amigable 'Bonjour!".
Foreignisation. The French word "Bonjour" is retained in its original form within the SLT. The foreignisation technique allows the reader to experience the multilingual aspect of the interaction, maintaining the cultural and linguistic diversity of the source text.