Functional Styles. Афанасьева Н.Р - 13 стр.

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How are the paragraphs made coherent?
Now sum up your ideas and comment upon the logical ar-
rangement of the speech.
5. What is the general mood of the speech?
How is it changing throughout the speech?
What means are employed by the speaker to create the mood
he intends to convey?
Comment on the choice of elevated words and the result they
are expected to produce.
6. What creates the emotional impact of the speech?
What stylistic devices contribute to it?
7. Each utterance (which may be different from sentence)
may be viewed as a speech act. Speech acts are classified into differ-
ent types, but the major types that are usually defined are
Representatives (acts of stating, asserting, concluding, etc.)
Directives (acts of ordering, questioning, requesting, etc.)
Commissives (acts of offering, promising, threatening, etc.)
Expressives (acts of thanking, apologizing, congratulating,
etc.)
Declarations (acts of christening, firing from employment,
declaring war, etc.
Now look through the oratory above and try to find examples
of each type. Comment on the purpose of opting for different types of
speech acts and the ways they contribute to achieving the goal of the
speech.
8. Comment on the usage of tenses. What idea is supported by it?
How is the idea of urgency communicated with the help of
a) modal verbs;*
b) vocabulary;
c) adverbs of time?
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9. What other ideas are revealed through the usage of modal
verbs?
What modal verbs and modal-like expressions are used while
speaking about
a) the speaker's deeds;
b) his suggestions;
c) what he thinks necessary to in order to win?
10. Does the speech sound personal? If so, by what means is it
achieved?
What image of him as a citizen is created?
*Modal verbs are just one of the means of expressing modality.
For more information see the Style of Official Documents.
TEXT II
1. Listen to the Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy.
2. Discuss your impressions after having listened to the tape.
What qualities of a good speaker does he seem to have?
3. What seems different from the speech delivered by Chur-
chill?
John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address
delivered January 20, 1961 
     How are the paragraphs made coherent?                                      9. What other ideas are revealed through the usage of modal
     Now sum up your ideas and comment upon the logical ar-               verbs?
rangement of the speech.                                                        What modal verbs and modal-like expressions are used while
                                                                          speaking about
      5. What is the general mood of the speech?                                a) the speaker's deeds;
      How is it changing throughout the speech?                                 b) his suggestions;
      What means are employed by the speaker to create the mood                 c) what he thinks necessary to in order to win?
he intends to convey?
      Comment on the choice of elevated words and the result they              10. Does the speech sound personal? If so, by what means is it
are expected to produce.                                                  achieved?
                                                                                What image of him as a citizen is created?
      6. What creates the emotional impact of the speech?
                                                                               *Modal verbs are just one of the means of expressing modality.
      What stylistic devices contribute to it?
                                                                          For more information see the Style of Official Documents.
       7. Each utterance (which may be different from sentence)
                                                                                TEXT II
may be viewed as a speech act. Speech acts are classified into differ-
ent types, but the major types that are usually defined are                      1. Listen to the Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy.
       ƒ Representatives (acts of stating, asserting, concluding, etc.)          2. Discuss your impressions after having listened to the tape.
       ƒ Directives (acts of ordering, questioning, requesting, etc.)     What qualities of a good speaker does he seem to have?
       ƒ Commissives (acts of offering, promising, threatening, etc.)            3. What seems different from the speech delivered by Chur-
       ƒ Expressives (acts of thanking, apologizing, congratulating,      chill?
etc.)                                                                                     John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address
       ƒ Declarations (acts of christening, firing from employment,
declaring war, etc.
       Now look through the oratory above and try to find examples
of each type. Comment on the purpose of opting for different types of
speech acts and the ways they contribute to achieving the goal of the
speech.

      8. Comment on the usage of tenses. What idea is supported by it?
      How is the idea of urgency communicated with the help of
      a) modal verbs;*
      b) vocabulary;
      c) adverbs of time?
                                                                                                delivered January 20, 1961

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