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.

connections  to the  book night by elie wiesel.   elie wiesel  is a holocaust survivor. as a young, jewish boy he was taken from his home with his family by the nazis. he was taken because he is jewish.

i hope this !

because he wants to address citizens immediate concerns