Questions and Answers
What is the primary characteristic of emotive expressions?
Which of the following is an example of a factual statement?
Which type of statement expresses a subjective viewpoint?
Which of the following is not considered a value judgment?
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What distinguishes moral value judgments from non-moral value judgments?
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Which of the following statements represents a value judgment that could be considered moral?
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What is true about factual statements?
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Which of the following would best describe the statement 'This knife has a good edge'?
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What type of sentence is 'Is it raining at Legon?'
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Which of the following sentences is an example of an imperative?
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Which type of sentence can express a truth-value?
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What is a characteristic feature of imperative sentences?
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Identify the sentence fragment from the options below.
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Which of the following is not true about interrogative sentences?
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What best describes a declarative sentence?
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Which of the following sentences is an example of a declarative?
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Study Notes
Types of Sentences
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Interrogatives: Used to seek information, forming questions with no truth value.
- Examples include:
- "Is she your mother?"
- "Did Kojo travel?"
- "Which group are you in?"
- "Is it raining at Legon?"
- "Where is the Teaching Assistant?"
- Examples include:
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Imperatives: Sentences that express commands, requests, or directives aimed at prompting an action, also lacking truth value.
- Examples include:
- "Take off your cap."
- "Raise your hand."
- "Pass me the cheque book."
- "Could you direct me to the library?" (an implicit request)
- Examples include:
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Declaratives: Statements that convey information, which can be evaluated as true or false, giving them a truth value.
- Examples include:
- "The exam has been cancelled."
- "Ghana has a new Speaker of Parliament."
- "A bachelor is sitting under the tree."
- "A bachelor is an unmarried adult male."
- "The bachelor has a good conscience."
- "She is a good friend."
- Examples include:
Recognizing Sentence Fragments
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Sentence Fragments: Incomplete sentences that do not express a complete thought and carry no truth value.
- Examples include:
- "If only I got to Ajo earlier."
- "Rice and stew."
- "The dean of students in the university of Ghana."
- "Morning dew."
- Examples include:
Emotive Expression
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Emotive Expressions: Sentences that convey feelings or exclamations, lacking rational evaluation and truth value.
- Examples include:
- "Oh. What a day!"
- "Wow!, Brilliant!, Awesome!, Bravo!"
- "Hey! Who do you think you are?!"
- Examples include:
Types of Declaratives
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Factual Statements: Describe objective realities based on observation, evaluated as true or false.
- Examples include:
- "That bachelor sitting under the tree is sleeping."
- "The president is taller than his opponent."
- "The car knocked down the boy."
- "Ama is a girl."
- "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius."
- Examples include:
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Value Judgments: Subjective evaluations that express opinions rather than factual statements about what ought to be.
- Examples include:
- "That bachelor has a good conscience."
- "This knife has a good edge."
- "It is wrong to talk back at your supervisor."
- "Ama is a beautiful girl."
- "The wicked driver knocked down the innocent boy."
- "The president is more corrupt than his opponent."
- "He is a good boxer."
- Examples include:
Moral vs. Non-Moral Value Judgments
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Moral Value Judgments: Assessments regarding ethics and morality.
- Examples include:
- "Abortion is evil."
- "You should not talk back at your supervisor."
- Examples include:
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Non-Moral Value Judgments: Evaluations based on subjective preferences or opinions not relating to moral ethics.
- Example:
- "He is a good boxer."
- "My phone has a good screen."
- Example:
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Test your knowledge on different types of sentences, including interrogatives and imperatives. This quiz will evaluate your understanding of how these sentences are structured and used in everyday language. Prepare to identify examples and characteristics that define each type.
