The cards Question Give one cause of the creation of many new English words. Tap to flip Answer Scientific developments. Question What is a noun appositive? Tap to flip Answer A phrase that gives a piece of extra information about a noun. Question What is Old English? Tap to flip Answer An early version of English spoken in the Middle Ages. Question What does it mean to translate something? Tap to flip Answer To change it from one language to another. Question What is an abbreviation? Tap to flip Answer A shortened form of a word or phrase. Question What has caused us to use abbreviations in spoken language? Tap to flip Answer Modern technologies. Question What is a generation? Tap to flip Answer All of the people born and living at about the same time. Question What does 'outdated' mean? Tap to flip Answer Old-fashioned and no longer considered current. Question What is weakening, in how word meanings change? Tap to flip Answer When a word is overused and loses the strength of its meaning. Question What is intensification, in how word meanings change? Tap to flip Answer When a word acquires a stronger meaning than it had before. Question What is amelioration? Tap to flip Answer When a word acquires pleasant connotations it did not have before. Question What is pejoration? Tap to flip Answer When a word acquires negative connotations it did not have before. Question Does pejoration or amelioration mean a word completely changes its meaning? Tap to flip Answer No: the word becomes more negative or positive, not a completely different word. Question What does a superlative show? Tap to flip Answer The highest or lowest quality of something, e.g. 'best' or 'greatest'. Question In making new words, what is blending? Tap to flip Answer Joining the beginning of one word with the end of another to create a new word. Question What are compounds? Tap to flip Answer Words formed by combining two existing words, sometimes with a hyphen. Question What is the difference between a blend and a compound? Tap to flip Answer A blend uses only parts of words; a compound uses the whole of two existing words. Question What is an acronym? Tap to flip Answer A word formed from the first letter of each word in a name or phrase, e.g. ASAP. Question What is an initialism? Tap to flip Answer An abbreviation whose first letters are pronounced as separate letters, e.g. CCTV. Question What is affixation? Tap to flip Answer Adding groups of letters to the beginning or end of words to change their meanings. Question What viewpoint should a successful speech maintain? Tap to flip Answer A clear, single viewpoint throughout. Question In a speech, what is pace? Tap to flip Answer The speed with which ideas are presented and developed. Question If ideas are sequenced, how are they presented? Tap to flip Answer In a logical order. Question What can shorter sentences do in a speech, if used correctly? Tap to flip Answer Change the pace and give emphasis to particular parts. Question What is an anecdote? Tap to flip Answer A short story from personal experience, used for effect. Question What is a rhetorical question? Tap to flip Answer A question that poses an idea or makes a point without needing to be answered. Question Give one way to hook an audience at the start of a speech. Tap to flip Answer e.g. a rhetorical question, an anecdote or direct address. Question What is posture? Tap to flip Answer The position in which you are sitting or standing. Question What is a gesture? Tap to flip Answer A movement of the body, usually to express an idea or meaning. Question In speaking, what is pitch? Tap to flip Answer The relative highness and lowness of the voice. Question Compared with what feels natural, how fast should spoken language often be? Tap to flip Answer Slower than feels natural. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 English Unit A history of language England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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