Pragmatics & Discourse
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11th Grade - University
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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.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
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.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
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
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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.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
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