Language & Power: Power in 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
If power is enforceable because it comes from a place of authority - eg rules, laws - it can be described as...
influential power
instrumental power
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The power to shape ideas or to persuade an audience can be described as...
influential power
instrumental power
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In rhetoric, an appeal to logic, reason and rationality is known as...
ethos
pathos
logos
kairos
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
'Teacher talk' is an example of...
instrumental power (spoken)
instrumental power (written)
Influential power (spoken)
influential power (written)
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Modal auxiliary verbs that express possibility, probability or certainty are known as...
epistemic
deontic
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Modal auxiliary verbs that express degrees of necessity and obligation are known as...
epistemic
deontic
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Every profession generates its own specialised language or field specific lexis. We often call this...
rhetoric
graphology
jargon
neologisms
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
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