A 17-year-old camp counselor is trying to teach a new game to 5- and 6-year-olds. He begins by asking, "O.K., do any of you know some games where you look for things that are hidden?" His strategy would be called
a. trying to establish common ground.
b. emphasizing prosody.
c. trying to solve the linearization problem.
d. a shallow level of processing
Ans: a
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