Marcia called the man who cut in front of her in line an old geezer. "Old geezer" is a term which would be considered
A) ambiguous language
B) totalizing language
C) prescriptive language
D) loaded language
E) indexing language
D
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Children have a rudimentary idea of the economic nature of TV at about age:
a. 3–4 b. 6–8 c. 10–12 d. 13+
After completing the course, Ann was asked to fill out a feedback form. The form had the following questions:
1. Was the course helpful? 2. Which subjects did you find most interesting? 3. Which subjects did you find boring? 4. What changes would you make to the way the "boring" subjects were handled? Which sequence does the questionnaire follow? Why is it used? a) Inverted funnel; it is used to help the interviewee to recollect the topics and answer open-ended questions b) Funnel; it is used so that the interviewee can talk about the topics in an unbiased manner. c) Tunnel; it is used to replicate, tabulate, and analyze the responses of more than one interviewee. d) Dyadic; it is used because there are no mediators between the parties.
When delivering a speech from memory, speakers must remember to
A. read from the outline they have prepared. B. look at a point above the audience to aid concentration. C. look out the window to show thoughtfulness. D. concentrate on communicating with the audience.
We learned back in Chapter 5 that ________ is the process of generating ideas randomly and uncritically, without attention to logic, connections, or relevance
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word