CSD 175 Final Exam – comprehensive study guide and exam
preparation material
school age phonology - correct answer ✔✔- greater complexity of phoneme organization
- phonological awareness develops (metalinguistic)
school age morphology - correct answer ✔✔- analyze morphemes to build complexity
- derivation morphemes... increase vocabulary
school age syntax - correct answer ✔✔- Combine words into sentences
- complexity greatly increases (especially in writing)
school age semantics - correct answer ✔✔- figurative language
- growing vocabulary
school age pragmatics - correct answer ✔✔- figurative language
- conversational skills mature
school age language development - correct answer ✔✔- centered around reading/literacy
metalinguistic competence - correct answer ✔✔- the ability to think about and analyze
language as an object of attention
- to think beyond how oral and written language is used
metaphors - correct answer ✔✔- non-literal application of a word/phrase to an object/action
(ex. love is a battlefield)
, smilies - correct answer ✔✔- a comparison of two unlike things using like or as (ex. his voice
was as soft as butter)
hyperboles - correct answer ✔✔- extreme exaggeration not to be taken literal (ex. I'm so hungry
I can eat a horse!)
idioms - correct answer ✔✔- cultural sayings with meanings that do not necessarily correlate
with words in saying (ex. it's raining cats and dogs.)
school age expanded vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔- direct instruction
- contextual abstraction
- morphological analysis
- metalinguistic knowledge
Words have multiple meanings - correct answer ✔✔- gives children knowledge of when to use
the word and in what context
homophones - correct answer ✔✔- same pronunciation, different meaning and spelling (knew
vs new)
homographs - correct answer ✔✔- same spelling, different meaning/pronunciation (bow vs
bow)
homonyms - correct answer ✔✔- same spelling/pronunciation, but different meaning (pole vs
pole)
inflectional morphemes - correct answer ✔✔- affixes that can be added to a morpheme without
changing its part of speech/suffixes ("book" to "books")
preparation material
school age phonology - correct answer ✔✔- greater complexity of phoneme organization
- phonological awareness develops (metalinguistic)
school age morphology - correct answer ✔✔- analyze morphemes to build complexity
- derivation morphemes... increase vocabulary
school age syntax - correct answer ✔✔- Combine words into sentences
- complexity greatly increases (especially in writing)
school age semantics - correct answer ✔✔- figurative language
- growing vocabulary
school age pragmatics - correct answer ✔✔- figurative language
- conversational skills mature
school age language development - correct answer ✔✔- centered around reading/literacy
metalinguistic competence - correct answer ✔✔- the ability to think about and analyze
language as an object of attention
- to think beyond how oral and written language is used
metaphors - correct answer ✔✔- non-literal application of a word/phrase to an object/action
(ex. love is a battlefield)
, smilies - correct answer ✔✔- a comparison of two unlike things using like or as (ex. his voice
was as soft as butter)
hyperboles - correct answer ✔✔- extreme exaggeration not to be taken literal (ex. I'm so hungry
I can eat a horse!)
idioms - correct answer ✔✔- cultural sayings with meanings that do not necessarily correlate
with words in saying (ex. it's raining cats and dogs.)
school age expanded vocabulary - correct answer ✔✔- direct instruction
- contextual abstraction
- morphological analysis
- metalinguistic knowledge
Words have multiple meanings - correct answer ✔✔- gives children knowledge of when to use
the word and in what context
homophones - correct answer ✔✔- same pronunciation, different meaning and spelling (knew
vs new)
homographs - correct answer ✔✔- same spelling, different meaning/pronunciation (bow vs
bow)
homonyms - correct answer ✔✔- same spelling/pronunciation, but different meaning (pole vs
pole)
inflectional morphemes - correct answer ✔✔- affixes that can be added to a morpheme without
changing its part of speech/suffixes ("book" to "books")
