Pragmatics & Discourse

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English
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11th Grade - University
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Hannah Sole
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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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