According to the English professor Samuel Hayakawa, words can be arrayed along a ladder of ________ that shows their progression from more abstract to more concrete.
A. abstraction
B. semantics
C. concreteness
D. ambiguity
Answer: A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A) feedback B) misinterpretation C) external noise D) internal noise
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a) The purpose of this research is to gather preliminary data b) This research is able to refine research questions c) This research tries to find the causality between two variables d) This research often used by graduate students for theses and dissertations
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. When writing broadcast copy, a journalist should use words that ______.
A. stir up emotion and controversy B. evoke a number of possible meanings C. appeal to the senses D. have a single clear definition