When Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” was published in The New Yorker back in 1948, ______.

A. it was received largely with indifference
B. the story generated the largest number of letters to the editor in the history of the magazine
C. it didn’t become popular until a major motion picture was based on it
D. the author went on to win the Nobel Prize for literature


B. the story generated the largest number of letters to the editor in the history of the magazine

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A presentation about ________ would be a speech about a procedure

A) types of surfboards B) how to perform a search on the Internet C) three different breeds of dogs D) features on a digital camera

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Joseph Walther suggests that hyperpersonal communication is unlikely to improve relationships between groups with a strong history of tension and conflict.

a. true b. false

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The sound or timber of the voice refers to

a. quality b. inflection c. emphasis d. volume

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Encoding is ___________, and decoding is__________

a. the process of creating a message; the process of interpreting a message. b. the process of interpreting a message; the process of creating a message. c. the oppositional reading; the dominant reading. d. the dominant reading; the oppositional reading.

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