Acts

Who proposed the speech acts?

• John Longshaw Austin

• John R. Seale

• 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

an illocutionary act for getting the speaker to do something.

• commissive

• assertive

• directive

• expressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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

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

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.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

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.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

• assertive

• commissive

• declaration

• 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

Identify which type of illocutionary act is in this sentence "Welcome home!"

• assertive

• expressive

• declaration

• commissive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What type of Speech Act according to Austin is it when a woman turns down a proposal from her boyfriend?

• Locutionary

• Perlocutionary

• Illocutionary

• All of these

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