What were your thoughts or ideas about speech acts prior to the discussion of this lesson?

Incomplete question. However, I provided a brief about the speech act.

Explanation:

The speech act encompasses all the activities involved in preparing and delivering an intended message to an audience by a speaker.

Hence, we can conclude that speech act begins prior to the actual articulation of the message and ends after the intended message has been communicated or passed to the audience.

i think its c or d, its been awhile since i read this book

where are the answer choices?