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Acts
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who proposed the speech acts?
John Longshaw Austin
John R. Seale
Harold Lasswell
None of them
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
an illocutionary act for getting the speaker to do something.
commissive
assertive
directive
expressive
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1C
CCSS.L.9-10.1B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
an illocutionary act that expresses the mental state of the speaker about an event presumed to be true.
assertive
commissive
directive
expressive
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
He later developed speech acts into 5 classifications.
John Longshaw Austin
John R. Searle
Harold Lasswell
None of them
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence "I praise you for receiving the Pulitzer Prize."
assertive
commissive
expressive
directive
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence "I request that you be here tomorrow one-half hour earlier."
directive
assertive
commissive
expressive
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1J
CCSS.L.2.1F
CCSS.L.8.1C
CCSS.L.K.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence "I bless the two of you. (Said by a priest during the marriage ceremony)."
assertive
declaration
directive
commissive
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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