Multiple Choice: Types of Speech Act

Multiple Choice: Types of Speech Act

Miss Kristel Laleine C. Pampang - Mamatid Senior High School

Multiple Choice

Who proposed the Speech Act Theory?

• John Austin

• John Searle

• John Cena

• John Lennon

Multiple Choice

When can we say that a speech act is a locutionary act?

• when there is an utterance of a sound, a word, or even a speech

• when there is something said to express an intention

• when the utterance changes the person’s feelings, thoughts or actions

• when the statement caused misunderstanding and confusion

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements shows an illocutionary speech act?

• “Our class will end in five minutes.” (The teacher’s actual utterance)

• “Our class will end in five minutes.”(The teacher wants the class to finish the task before the bell rings)

• “Our class will end in five minutes.”(The listeners respond by finishing their task right away.)

• “Our class will end in five minutes.” (The exact words of the teacher)

Multiple Choice

What do you call the utterances that a speaker makes to achieve an intended effect?

• Speech Act

• Speech Context

• Speech Style

• Speech Variation

Multiple Choice

What type of speech act has an intended effect through locution and illocution?

• locutionary

• illocutionary

• perlocutionary

• prolocutionary