English OSAT: Practice Test
The Great Vowel Shift caused the pronunciation of long vowels in English to shift: a. farther back in the mouth b. higher in the mouth c. lower in the mouth d. farther to the front of the mouth
B -location of the tongue in the mouth shifted to higher position. for ex.) "e" was "aye" now "ee"
Writing assignment asks you to "organize," "plan," "formulate," "assemble," "compose," "construct," and "arrange" material. Which cognitive objective? a. analysis b. synthesis c. evaluation d. applicaton
B. -all verbs refer to taking parts of info and bringing them together to create a whole -analysis=oppposite of synthesis-breaking info fown -evaluation=making judgements -appplication=knowledge in new contexts
Which of the following was the first ever published in vernacular italian? a. de re publica (on the republic) by marcus tulles cicero b. il decameron (the decameron) by giovanni bocaccio c. la divina commedia (the divine comedy) by dante alighieri d. il nome della rosa (the name of the rose) by umberto eco
C
Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. The poem was written in.. a. the 17th century b. the 18th century c. the 19th century d. the 20th century
D. -written in 1922: by Wallace Stevens -style of excerpted stanza is modern
I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? Which of the following is the best interpretation of the meaning in the excerpt? a. the speaker's existence is as significant as the life of a crab b. the speaker loves the sea and wishes he could live under it c. scavenger can create beauty by reconstructing garbage d. answer choices A and C are valid
D. both A and C
Which of excerpts focus on nature of reality vs. imagination? a. second and third b. first and second c. first and third d. all three
-B first two the third is about death
Which is true of all three excepted poems? (five three line stanzas and an ending of four line stanza) a. ballads b. sonnets c. villanelles d. all different forms
-C -villanelle=19 lines with five three line stanzas and an ending 4 line stanza, lines repeated -ballad: four line stanzas -fourteen lines: 3 four line stanzas typically with a shift
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still... In what form is this poem? a. sonnet b. villanelle c. free verse d. sestina
A -sonnet because 8 lines then 6 lines and then signals CHANGE
Which of the following authors wrote The Pilgrim's Process? a. John Bunyan b. William Congreve c. Daniel Defoe d. Samuel Butler
A.
The English word "salary" has a 2,000 year old etymology to word meaning.. a. salt b. celery c. money d. earnings
A. --latin word "sal" = salt
The author (James Joyce) is known for using a literary technique known as.. a. stream-of-conciousness b. the unreliable narrator c. first-person narrator d. the author surrogate
A. -Joyce is famous for stream of consciousness in his novels Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue. James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Marcel Proust are among its notable early exponents. the unreliable narrator used in murder mysteries such as Edgar Allen Poe
Which of the following processes used in writing is most complex? a. evaluation b. application c. comprehension d. knowledge recall
A. -incoporates other thinking strategies
Of the following authors, whose English existed during the Great Vowel Shift? a. William Shakespere b. Geoffry Chaucer c. Emily Dickinson d. The Pearl Poet
A. -shakespeare was in the 16th and 17th centuries
"Had we but world enough, and time,This coyness, lady, were no crime.We would sit down, and think which wayTo walk, and pass our long love's day." This poem reflects a thematic tradition known as.. a. carpe diem b. classicism c. cinquain d. conceit
A. carpe diem -carpe diem is latin term for "seize the day" reflects that time flies ad life is fleeting so take advantage of time we do have. classicism=ancient Greek and Roman ideals of beauty, cinquain=five line poem where line one has title, line two has two words, line 3 has 3 words, line 4 has 4 words, line 5 one word, conceit= Shakespeare to compare to very dissimilar things, such as "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
I imagine this midnight moment's forest:Something else is aliveBeside the clock's lonelinessAnd this blank page where my fingers move.Through the window I see no star:Something more nearthough deeper within darknessIs entering the loneliness:Cold, delicately as the dark snowA fox's nose touches twig, leaf;Two eyes serve a movement, that nowAnd again now, and now, and nowSets neat prints into the snowBetween trees, and warily a lameShadow lags by stump and in hollowOf a body that is bold to comeAcross clearings, an eye,A widening deepening greenness,Brilliantly, concentratedly,Coming about its own businessTill, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox,It enters the dark hole of the head.The window is starless still; the clock ticks,The page is printed. In which of the following forms is this poem written? a. free verse b. rhymed and metered c. unrhymed and metered d. rhymed and unmetered
A. free verse rhymed=rhyme scheme such as ABAB or ABBABBA metered=number of beats per line
In 1994 comedy movie All of Me, a character from another country who has no experience with phones or flushing toilets, flushes the toilet and the phone rings. Flushes again and phone rings again. After occurs several times, character concludes pulling toilet's flush jhandle causes phone to ring, What kind of cognitive bias? a. an above-average effect b. clustering illusion c. confirmation bias d. framing biasB
B -clustering illusion-bias that attributes cause and effect patterns to unrelated random events -above average: overestimating our own abilities -confirmation bias: tendency to ficus on info confirming ore-existing beliefs and over looking conflicting info -framing bias-influenced by how info is framed rather than facts
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. This is the first stanza of a poem written by.. a. Andrew Marvell b. Christopher Marlowe c. Sir Walter Raleigh d. William Shakespeare
B.
I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? ... What is the title of the work from which these excerpts are taken? a. the waste land b. the love sonf of j. alfred prufrock c. notes toward the definition of culture d. the hollow men
B.
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills and fields, Woods or sleepy mountain yields This is the first stanza of a poem written by.. a. Andrew Marvell b. Christopher Marlowe c. Sir Walter Raleigh d. William Shakespeare
B. -Marlowe known for pastoral poems
Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of dialects? a. they are non-standard versions of any language b. they are often seen as less socially acceptable c. they include linguistic features that are incorrect d. they indicate poor/incomplete language learning
B. -NOT non-standard versions of a language (a) -dialects are DIFFERING varieties of any language, considered less acceptable in professional settings especially -linguistic features are not incorrect just different -use does not indicate poor language learning
Which of the following is true about effective ways to open the introduction of an essay? a. summarize your position with your own words, not a quote b. citing a surprising statistic related to topic can grab reader's attention c. opening with a story or anecdote is counter to the purposed of an essay or paper d. asking rhetorical questions to open essay will frustrate readers
B. -citing surprising stat is recommended
In first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition, which of the following is true about developmental stages? a. L2 learners do not undergo the first stage called the silent period as L1 learners do b. L2 learners undergo all stages, but are urged to skip the first stage more than L1s c. L2 learners do not undergo and second stage of formulaic speech as L1 learners do d. L2 learners undergo the third stage of structural and semantic simplifications later
B. -learners of both L1 and l2 go through all 3 developmental stages -however, learners of a second language often urged bay teachers to skip the silent period, whereas young children acquiring their native languages are not similarly executed to speak immediately
What is the source of the phrase "And neigh like Boanerges" in the last stanza? a. greek myth about a creature that inhabits hades (the underworld) b. a new testament reference to a fiery, strong-voiced preacher/orator c. an old testament reference to a wrathful prophet seeking vengeance d. a roman name for a mythological animal that lived within a labyrinth
B. -nicknames given by Jesus to disciples
I imagine this midnight moment's forest:Something else is aliveBeside the clock's lonelinessAnd this blank page where my fingers move.Through the window I see no star:Something more nearthough deeper within darknessIs entering the loneliness:Cold, delicately as the dark snowA fox's nose touches twig, leaf;Two eyes serve a movement, that nowAnd again now, and now, and nowSets neat prints into the snowBetween trees, and warily a lameShadow lags by stump and in hollowOf a body that is bold to comeAcross clearings, an eye,A widening deepening greenness,Brilliantly, concentratedly,Coming about its own businessTill, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox,It enters the dark hole of the head.The window is starless still; the clock ticks,The page is printed. Which of the following chracterizes how the poem portrays creative process? a. the poet exercises tight control of a thought b. the poet is a passive recipient of the thought c. the poet carefully guides the thought to him d. the poet imagines a fox to help him write
B. -the poet's passivity and lack of control over the thought or content represented through th fox from outside his head body and house
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles." Which of the following is the best interpretation of the excerpted lines? a. poet means that he will be dead and buried in the future b. poet means he is one with and an integral part of nature c. poet means person addressed is above him in station d. poet means recipient stepped on/walked all over him
B. -unity with the universe and nature
Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop? The poets final question best suggest which of the following ideas? a. humans get godlike knowledge and power from the gods b. human knowledge and power are necessarily incomplete c. humans in ancient greece interacted differently with gods d. humans interacting with gods got power not knowledge
B. -we do not have the power or knowledge of the divine
Which of the following is an example of a portmanteau? a. fax b. brunch c. babysitter d. saxophone
B. -brunch=blend of breakfast and lunch -portmanteau=blends of two or more words
"Had we but world enough, and time,This coyness, lady, were no crime.We would sit down, and think which wayTo walk, and pass our long love's day." Who is the author of this poem? a. John Donne b. Andrew Marvell c. George Herbert d. Henry Vaughan
B. Andrew Marvell -all four were members of 17th century poets group known as Metaphysical Poets for their common time period, content, themes, style
Linguits generallyanalyze the great Vowel Shift as having transpired in ____ steps.. a. ten b. eight c. six d. four
B. eight steps
The Great Vowel Shift occurred during which time span? a. 10th to 13th centuries b. 12th to 15th centuries c. 15th to 18th centuries d. 16th to 19th centuries
C. -15th to 18th: changed way english was spoken and written
Which statement is most accurate about social contexts of L1 and L2 acquisition? a. Both L1 and L2 learning can occur in equally varied natural and educational contexts b. L1s are only learned in natural contexts, while L2s are learned in educational contexts c. variations in L2 proficiency can result from different contexts of learning the L2s d. L2s are not a speakers natural language and so are never learned in natural contexts
C. -L2s can be learned in a number of educational AND natural contexts -B and D are NOT right because they say L2s are never learned in natural contexts and they ARE -A is incorrect because unlike L2s, L1s are first acquired in natural contexts
Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. The line "Let be be finale of seem" can be interpreted as reflecting a concept from which of the following? a. Ovid's Metamorpheses b. Dante's Divine Comedy c. Plato's Dialogues d. Homer's Iliad
C. -Plato focuses on the idea that sorta life of humanity and human senses and perception are an illusion
When considering strategies for writing assignments it help to know cognitive or learning objectives your teacher intends for assignment. If it asks you to "describe," "explain," "summarize," "restate," "classify," or "review" material you have read, what is the cognitive objective? a. knowledge recall b. application c. comprehension d. evaluation
C. -all verbs refer to interpreting info on your own -knowledge recall: name, label, list, memorize, order -application: calculate, solve, operate, illustrate -evaluation: appraise, evaluate, conclude, predict
The source of the silent B in the English word debt was originally.. a. a middle english word b. a voiced old english b c. from latin etymology d. from greek etymology
C. -debt is latin etymology or origin from latin word and debitum
____ is the overall choice of language you make for your writing; ___ refers to the words you use when writing within or about a specific discipline. a. vocabulary, diction b. vocabulary, jargon c. diction, vocabulary d. style, vocabulary
C. -diction=overall choice of language for writing
Which of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is an example of the literary form known as the fabliau? a. the physician's tale b. the wife of bath's tale c. the miller's tale d. the pardoner's tale
C. -fabliau=humorous story including an incident that is nearly always indecent. in the millers tale the husband hangs his rear end out of the window at his wife's lover
The English word "quark" is an example of the result of which linguistic process? a. blending b. conversion c. neologisms d. onomatopoeia
C. -neologisms=creative coinages are new words that are invented by people -blending=putting two words together ex.) moped -conversion=functional shift, changing nouns to verbs too for ex.) microwave -onomatopoeia=sound such as meow, click, boom
A movie review is one example of what type of purpose of writing? a. narration b. description c. persuasion d. exposition
C. -opinion and convinces the reader of something -narration=telling a story, description=using vivid imagery to create a mental picture, exposition=informing or explaining
An amazing feat in this poem is that the structure of the subject described is mirrored in the poem's.. a. vocabulary b. rhythms c. syntax d. tone
C. -single sentence that keeps going with lots of verbs
Of the following works by Alexander Pope, which of the following was written in prose? a. An Essay on Criticism b. Rape of the Lock c. Universal Prayer d. none of the above
D. -all poems
This poem (about train that was just invented) was written around the time of... a. american revolution b. french revolution c. war of 1812 d. civil war
D. -around civil war period
Which of the following is unique to second-language learning? a. zone of proximal development b. the critical period hypothesis c. marked/unmarked features d. the process of fossilization
D. -fossilization=when some of the incorrect forms a learner of a second language has developed are not corrected over time, but become permanently fixed -other answers apply to L1 and L2
Which of the following pairs are NOT both written in the form of frame tales? a. the canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer and the decameron by giovanni bocaccio b. the mahabharata by veda visa and the parliament of fouls by geoffrey chaucer c. frankenstein by mary w shelley and withering heights by emily bronte d. the great gatsby by f scott fitzgerald and to the lighthouse by virginia woolf
D. -great gatsby and to the lighthouse are both novels but neither is frame tale -frame tale=a story set within a story, multiple stories
The author of "A Modest Proposal" (eating kids satire) also wrote which of the following? a. The Canterbury Tales b. The Faerie Queene c. Paradise Lost d. Gulliver's Travels
D. -johnathan swift wrote both "a modest proposal" and gullivers travels" -canterbury is by Geoffry Chuacer
Of the following works by Alexander Pope, which of the following was written in prose? a. "An Essay on Criticism" b. "The Rape of the Lock" c. "The Universal Prayer" d. none of the above
D. -none of the above prose=narrative, normal, not metered or poetic all of Pope's works were poetic
In the word-recognition model of the Three Cueing Systems used in teaching reading, which of the following is most associated with the meanings of words? a. using pragmatic clues b. phonological system c. the syntactic system d. the semantic system
D. -semantics=meanings of word and language, set of cues (words/phrases/sentences) that readers use to recognize words based on meaning -pragmatic: based on reader purposed for reading and understanding of text structure -phonological: cues related to phonemic or sound structure of language -syntactic=cues related to sentence structure and word order of language
{first stanza}Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. {last stanza} And you, my father, there on the sad height Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears I pray, Do not go gentle into the good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Which is true of the excepted poem? a. ballad b. sonnet c. villanelle d. different forms
D. -villanelles=five three line stanzas with repetition, typically ABA -sonnet=a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. -ballad=is poem or song with more than two stanzas that is usually about a romantic or sentimental topic.
When making in-text citations in a research paper, which of the following reflects MLA guidelines for citing Web sources with regard to page numbers? a. if a web source does not include pagination, you are advised to avoid citing that source b. if page numbers appear on a printout from a website, include those numbers in a citation c. in-text citations of online sources in research papers should never include page numbers d. if the web source is a pdf file, it is recommended to cite page numbers in citatons
D. -pdf numbers are valid and do not change
"Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day." What is the meter of couplets in this poem? a. pentameter b. heptameter c. hexameter d. tetrameter
D. -tetrameter=four beats per line BEATS=stressed syllables pent=5, hex=6, hept=7 beats per line
