Oral Communication

Summative Test 6

I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

Identify the speech style based on the given description.

1. A speech style that requires an acceptable language to be used

a. Frozen c. consultative
b. Intimate d. Casual
2. It is a style of speech that requires mutual understanding of close relatives and family and is
private
a. Frozen c. consultative
b. Intimate d. Casual
3. A speech style that requires agreement and is unchanged unless overruled
a. Frozen c. consultative
b. Intimate d. Casual
4. A one-way style of talking, it requires formal set-up
a. Frozen c. consultative
b. Intimate d. Formal
5. Used by group of friends, sometime vernacular or ethnical language
a. Slang c. consultative
b. Intimate d. Casual

II. Identify what speech style do each of these words belong.

___________________6. Besh

___________________7. Please come to my Office!

___________________8. Hi!

___________________9. Welcome to our meeting!

___________________10. Wifey

III. Explain your answer in 1 paragraph only (3-4 sentences)

(5 points)

Why do you think it’s necessary to identify what type of speech style should we use?
 Oral Communication

Summative Test 7

I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The type of speech act that shows consequence of the words we say
a. Locutionary c. perlocutionary
b. Illocutionary d. colocutionary
 
2. An illocutionary point where statements commit the speaker to a course of action
a. assertive c. directives
b. commissives d. expressives

3. What is the possible illocutionary act for the statement "I promise to stop by"?
a. the speaker stopping by c. the speaker making a promise
b. the receiver waiting d. the receiver hearing the promise

4. In Austin's Speech Act theory, locutionary acts refer to

a. the effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act
b. The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words
c. the intention the speaker has when saying or writing something

5. According to Austin, speech acts are direct when

a. the locutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide
b. the locutionary and illocutionary acts coincide
c. the illocutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide

6. The statement "Indirect speech acts are when there is no coincidence between the

type of illocutionary act and the syntactic structure of the message", means that:
a. The intention is not explicitly expressed in the message
b. The intention is expressed in the message

7. Selecting the appropriate speech act strategies and the linguistic forms for realizing it depends
on
a. the social status and the culture of the interlocutors c. their age
b. their social distance d. all of these

8. a perlocutionary act refers to
a. the effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act
b. the intention the speaker has when saying or writing something
c. The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words
II. After each verb, place an “i” if the verb can be used to describe an illocutionary act, and a
“p” if the verb can be used to describe a perlocutionary act. If you regard a verb as
ambiguous, write a brief explanation to the right of your answer.

9. State _____

10. Frighten _____

11. Report _____

12. Christen _____

13. Elate (in mood) _____

14. Depress (in mood) _____

15. Convince _____