Language & Power: Power in Discourse

Language & Power: Power in Discourse

11th Grade - University

10 Qs

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Language & Power: Power in Discourse

Language & Power: Power in Discourse

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade - University

Medium

CCSS
RI.11-12.5, RL.8.3, RI.11-12.2

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Hannah Sole

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10 questions

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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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