Grammar
The part of speech of the italicized word.
What is adjective?
The indirect object in this sentence: Toby told us the truth.
What is us?
The relationship between the following words: rise and shine.
What is collocation?
The feedback model that emphasizes both strengths and areas for improvement.
What is growth mindset feedback?
The culture which storytelling technique utilizes a surprise factor to engage the reader.
What is Japanese?
The meaning of the phrasal verb in this sentence: The company has shut down after more than four decades in business.
What is cease operation?
The number of clauses in this sentence: Sheila's mum is a big fan of proverbs, so it is not surprising that she eats an apple every day.
What is two?
The relationship between italicized words: I want a chocolate bar; Meet me at the bar.
What is polysemy?
The sentence that explicitly states the main idea of a paragraph?
What is topic sentence?
A commonly used linguistic string within a schema.
What is script?
The part of speech of the italicized word: She has bought a house recently.
What is auxiliary verb?
The word order in this sentence: Ice cream Yoda likes.
What is OSV?
The type of meaning used when referring to a woman as a cougar.
What is associative meaning?
The common error committed by novice teachers who mark up every mistake.
What is overcorrection?
Gricean maxim that postulates that speakers should avoid ambiguity.
What is maxim of manner?
What part of speech should the mistake be changed into: My mom and me went to the movies last night
What is subject personal pronoun?
The type of clause:
What is compound-complex?
The relationship between your and you're.
What is homophones?
The reading model that relies on prior knowledge and understanding of the gist of a passage.
What is the top-down reading model?
Culture-dependent mental interpretation of what can be read between the lines.
What is coherence?
The grammatical concept of using he/she to refer to inanimate objects in some languages.
What is grammatical gender?
The direct object: I want to leave as soon as we can.
What is to leave?
The relationship between the italicized words: May you help me? Let's meet in May.
What is homonymy?
The reading model which most basic skill is phonics.
What is bottom-up reading model?
The flouted maxim:
- You are not looking well. Are you feeling okay?
- No, I passed away yesterday. You are speaking with my ghost.
What is maxim of quality?