Unit 3: The text

Question 1

What does coherent mean?

Answer 1

Coherent means things that’re logical and make sense when put together.

Question 2

What’s a proverb?

Answer 2

A proverb is a short, wise saying that imparts a lesson or thruth, often passed down through generations.

Question 3

What does to impart mean?

Answer 3

To impart means to convey information, typically through teaching.

Question 4

What’s a springboard?

Answer 4

A springboard is a flexible diving board that allows people to bounce and launch themselves into a pool or body of water.

Question 5

What does fleeting mean?

Answer 5

Fleeting means something that’s brief and lasting for only a short moment.

Question 6

What does extensive reading mean?

Answer 6

Extensive reading means to read for enjoyment and to improve language skills.

Question 7

What’s a gist?

Answer 7

A gist is a concise summary of something, often used to capture the essence of heavier information.

Question 8

What does to infer mean?

Answer 8

To infer means to make an educated guess based on avalible information or clues.

Question 9

What’s prejudice?

Answer 9

Prejudice is to have unfair or negative opinions about others based on their race or religion, for example, without knowing them personally.

Question 10

What does emotive mean?

Answer 10

Emotive means something that provokes strong feelings or emotions.

Question 11

What’s a tautology?

Answer 11

A tautology is an unnecessary repetition.

Question 12

What’s morphology?

Answer 12

Morphology is the study of how words are formed and structured in a language.

Question 13

What does syntax refer to?

Answer 13

Syntax refers to the rules and order in which words create sentences in a language.

Question 14

What’s a synopsis?

Answer 14

A synopsis is a short summary that gives you the main points of a story or document, without having to read the whole thing.

Question 15

What does introductory refer to?

Answer 15

Introductory refers to an introduction; providing basic information of a presentation or book, for example.

Question 16

What does frankly mean?

Answer 16

Frankly means being honest and straightforward, without being deceptive.

Question 17

What does deceptive mean?

Answer 17

Deceptive means something that’s misleading.

Question 18

What does readily mean?

Answer 18

Readily means something’s easily accessible.

Question 19

What does monolingual mean?

Answer 19

Monolingual means using or speaking only one language.

Question 20

What’s a peculiarity?

Answer 20

A peculiarity is something unusual.

Question 21

What’s a collocate?

Answer 21

A collocate is a word that often appears together with another specific word due to their frequent association in language, like “strong coffee” or “fast runner”.

Question 22

What does other derivatives from the same root refer to?

Answer 22

Other derivatives from the same root refers to words that share a common origin from which they’ve evolved.

Question 23

What does corpus-based refer to?

Answer 23

Corpus-based refers to a method that relies on text or spoken language samples (corpus) to analyse information for linguistic or research purposes.

Question 24

What’s a corpus?

Answer 24

A corpus is a large database of authentic texts in the language, including both spoken and written discourse.

Question 25

What's a haiku?

Answer 25

A haiku is a short form of Japanese poetry, often focused on nature and evoking an emotion.

Question 26

What's a limerick?

Answer 26

A limerick is a humorous, short bouncy poem.

Question 27

What's English for Specific Purposes (ESP) designed for?

Answer 27

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is designed to provide language skills relevant for a specific profession, such as business, medical, legal or aviation English.

Question 28

What's intonation?

Answer 28

Intonation is the rising and falling pitch of your voice, which adds emotion and emphasis to your sentences.

Question 29

What's emphasis?

Answer 29

Emphasis is to make certain words stand out by speaking them louder, slower or with more stress.

Question 30

What kind of a tool is a literary device?

Answer 30

A literary device is a clever tool writers use to make their stories more interesting, like using figures of speech, symbolism or foreshadowing irony.

Question 31

What're figures of speech?

Answer 31

Figures of speech are creative language techniques, like metaphors or exaggerations.

Question 32

What kind of a technique is foreshadowing?

Answer 32

Foreshadowing is a storytelling technique where the author drops hints about what'll happen later in the story, building anticipation for the reader.

Question 33

What's alliteration?

Answer 33

Alliteration is when several words in a row start with the same sound, which adds a rhythmic and catchy quality to the writing or speech.

Question 34

What's assonance?

Answer 34

Assonance is when the same vowel sound is repeated in nearby words or phrases, creating a musical effect to the writing or speech.

Question 35

What's imagery?

Answer 35

Imagery is when words create vivid mental pictures or sensory experiences for the reader.

Question 36

What's a contraction?

Answer 36

A contraction is a short way of writing two words by combining them with an apostrophe, like "can't" for "cannot", making sentences less formal and more concise.

Question 37

What's cohesion?

Answer 37

Cohesion is like the glue that holds a text together, achieved through using connecting words and phrases.

Question 38

What's a composition?

Answer 38

A composition is a written work where you express your thoughts in a specific format.

Question 39

What does it mean to paraphrase?

Answer 39

To paraphrase means to rephrase something in your own words while retaining the original meaning.

Question 40

What does to retain mean?

Answer 40

To retain means to hold onto something.

Question 41

What's a conjunction?

Answer 41

A conjunction is a word that connects a sentence by showing a relationship, like "and" and "because".

Question 42

What're sentence adverbs?

Answer 42

Sentence adverbs are words that express the speaker's attitude, such as "suprisingly" and "unfortunately".

Question 43

What do adverbial phrases describe?

Answer 43

Adverbial phrases describe why, how, where or when an event occurred without using a subject or a verb.

Question 44

What's a pronoun?

Answer 44

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence, making it less repetitive. For example "he", "she" and "it".

Question 45

What're possessives?

Answer 45

Possessives are words that show possession, like "my", "your" or "our".

Question 46

What're antecedents?

Answer 46

Antecedents help to clarify who or what the pronoun is replacing in a sentence.

Question 47

Who's a purist?

Answer 47

A purist is someone who insists on maintaining strict adherence to traditional principles, often resisting any form of modernisation.

Question 48

What does adherence mean?

Answer 48

Adherence means sticking to a principle closely without deviating from it.

Question 49

What does to deviate mean?

Answer 49

To deviate means to stray away from an expected path.

Question 50

What does conscientious mean?

Answer 50

Conscientious means being diligent in your work.

Question 51

What does it mean to be diligent?

Answer 51

To be diligent means to put consistent effort into one's tasks.

Question 52

Who're trustees?

Answer 52

Trustees are individuals or entities responsible for managing assets, funds or property on behalf of others.

Question 53

What's to exclaim?

Answer 53

To exclaim is to speak suddenly, with strong emotion.

Question 54

What does it mean to bungle?

Answer 54

To bungle means to make mistakes due to a lack of skill or care.

Question 55

What's an adjective?

Answer 55

An adjective is a word that describes a noun by providing more information about its characteristics, such as "happy", "red" or "tall".

Question 56

What does the tense refer to?

Answer 56

The tense refers to the grammatical form of when an action took place, whether it's in the past, present or future.