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Pragmatics

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

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Which maxims are flouted in this meme?

quality

quantity

relation

manner

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

the study of speaker meaning and how more is communicated than is said

Semantics

Pragmatics

Co-text

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

an action in which the form used (e.g. interrogative) does not directly match the function (e.g. request) performed by a speaker with an utterance,

indirect speech act

face-threatening act

face-saving act

Face

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

using words such as him or them as a way of “pointing” to a person with language

Spaital deixis

Person deixis

Temporal deixis

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

using words such as here or there as a way of “pointing” to a location with language

Spaital deixis

Person deixis

Temporal deixis

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

using words such as now or tomorrow as a way of “pointing” to a time with language

Spaital deixis

Person deixis

Temporal deixis

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

additional information used by a listener/reader to create a connection between what is said and what must be meant

Inference

Refrence

Face

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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