Pragmatics & Discourse

Pragmatics & Discourse

11th Grade - University

20 Qs

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Pragmatics & Discourse

Pragmatics & Discourse

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade - University

Medium

CCSS
RL.11-12.2, RI.11-12.10, RL.2.6

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Created by

Hannah Sole

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is NOT a feature of pragmatics?

cultural references

use of humour and irony

assumptions about audiences

implication and inference

cohesion

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Co-operative Principle is also known as...

Paul's Rules

Grice's Maxims

turn-taking

topic shifting

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sometimes, what we DON'T say is more important that what we DO say. This is known as...

implying by omission

intertextuality

synthetic personalisation

irony

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is irony?

rain on your wedding day

a free ride when you've already paid

the good advice that you just didn't take

saying the opposite of what you really mean

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is meant by the idea of a 'narrator' in language?

a fictional 'teller'; the apparent voice behind the text, created by the writer

a fictional 'receiver'; the person that the text appears to be aimed at

the real person who created the text

the real reader or listener

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who coined the phrase 'synthetic personalisation'?

Drew & Heritage

Cameron

Grice

Fairclough

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is prosody?

computer-mediated communication

use of bold or italics

stress, intonation and emphasis in spoken language

use of emoticons

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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