BYU ENGLISH 12 PART 1 - EXAM STUDY GUID
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
GRADED AND THE LATEST SERIES E
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What does the word "philosophy" literally mean?
Ans: love of wisdom
Question: Aesthetics focuses on ________.
Ans: definitions of beauty
Question: What big questions do philosophers seek to answer? (Choose all that
apply.)
Ans: What is real?
What is good?
How should we live?
Question: Where does philosophy have its roots?
Ans: Ancient Greece
Question: Metaphysics seeks to understand ________.
Ans: the nature of reality
Question: What is the "Philosopher's Toolbox"?
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Ans: logic
Question: Epistemology seeks to understand ________.
Ans: nature of knowledge
Question: Value Theory seeks to understand ________.
Ans: What is good?
Question: Examples of "doing philosophy"
Ans: how you treat others
why you go to school
arguing with your parents
making choices
how you golf
Question: Ethics discusses ________.
Ans: good vs evil as it relates to human behavior
Question: An author who is debating the use of the word "bum" instead of
"homeless" is considering ________.
Ans: diction
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Question: An author who varies sentence length and complexities within his or
her writing is practicing good ________.
Ans: elegance
Question: An author who considers those who will read his or her work and
makes changes to the voice of the written wok based on that consideration is
aware of his or her ________.
Ans: audience
Question: An author who has many errors in spelling and capitalization hasn't
paid enough attention to ________.
Ans: formalities
Question: An author who makes sure that what has been written contains useful
and reliable information, and that his or her ideas are well supported, is
concerned about ________.
Ans: content
Question: prison-house, world, light, fire, sun
Ans: common noun
Question: God