Pragmatics

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University

15 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

English

University

Hard

CCSS
L.11-12.6, RI. 9-10.1, RL.11-12.3

+26

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

an action such as “promising” performed by a speaker with an utterance, either as a direct speech act or an indirect speech act

Infrence

speech act

Imperative

Presupposition

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

showing awareness and consideration of another person’s public self-image

Infrence

speech act

Politeness

Presupposition

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a person’s public self-image as described in the study of politeness

Infrence

speech act

Cataphora

Face

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

saying something that reduces a possible threat to another person’s self-image

Infrence

speech act

face-saving act

Face

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

saying something that represents a threat to another person’s self-image

Infrence

face-threatening act

face-saving act

Face

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

the need to be connected, to belong, to be a member of a group

negative Face

face-threatening act

face-saving act

Positive Face

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

using words such as this or here as a way of “pointing” with language

Semantics

deixis (deictic expressions)

Physical text

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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