Sample Conversation:

Melody: Are you going to try out for the senior play this afternoon?
Jody: I dunno. I've been thinking about it.
Melody: Why not?
Jody: I might.
Melody: I am.
Jody: Well, maybe I won't.
Melody: Oh, come on.
Jody: I'm awfully busy right now.
Melody: So am I.
Jody: You were in the play last semester.
Melody: So?
Jody: I've never been in one.
Melody: So?
Jody: Well, I'll think about it.
Melody: Gotta run. See you at the tryout.

Your Analysis: Analyze this conversation using the principles discussed in chapter 5. What speech acts are included in this dialogue and what are their illocutionary and perlocutionary intents? What types of speech acts are included? Is this a coherent conversation? Why?

*adapted from Littlejohn (1999).