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Speech acts are questions, statements, directives, and offers, and their responses. 

They are a dialogue between two people.    

Rose:  Who's this woman?                                                                                                                               

Jack:  Uh--She was a one-legged prostitute.                                                                                                 

Rose:  Oh--Yes!  You draw very well.                                                                                                                   

Jack:  Look!  This is a woman I called Madame Bijoux.                                                                                          

Rose:  She's wearing all of her jewelry. 

Jack:  Yeah.  She'd come into the tavern every night.