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Question 1 . 0 out of 1 points The purpose of Ogden and Richard s triangle of meaning is to Answer Selected Answer: explain that when an object exists, the meaning is clearly established. Correct Answer: show that meaning is established through the thoughts of an individual and is not constant. .

Question 2 . 1 out of 1 points Which of the following statements about testimony in a speech is not true? Answer Selected Answer: It should be derived only from present-day sources. Correct Answer: It should be derived only from present-day sources. . Question 3 . 0 out of 1 pointsSymbols and what they represent are independent of one another.

Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: True . Question 4 . 1 out of 1 points Which of the following statements about words is not true? Answer Selected Answer: The word is the thing. Correct Answer: The word is the thing. .

Question 5 . 0 out of 1 points Words that are discriminatory but are not literally racist are called AnswerSelected Answer: all of these Correct Answer: code words. . Question 6 .

0 out of 1 points Technology can create problems and ethical dilemmas for the speechmaker.Which of the following would not be an example of this? Answer Selected Answer: procrastinating in preparation because of easily available technical support Correct Answer: both relying on technology to compensate for poor preparation and procrastinating in preparation because of easily available technical support . Question 7 . 1 out of 1 points The interview is a means of conducting primary research. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True .

Question 8 . 0 out of 1 points A unified system of symbols that permits a sharing of meaning describes Answer Selected Answer: the triangle of meaning.Correct Answer: language. . Question 9 . 0 out of 1 points When people bypass one another, they use Answer Selected Answer: the same words to represent the same thing. Correct Answer: different words to represent the same thing, and the same word but give it different meanings.

. Question 10 . 0 out of 1 points Boolean search involves Answer Selected Answer: surfing the Internet for research.

Correct Answer: entering several key words for a computerized search. . Question 11 . 0 out of 1 points Prejudiced language communicates a negative bias. Answer Selected Answer: FalseCorrect Answer: True . Question 12 . 1 out of 1 points Facts stated in numerical form are Answer Selected Answer: statistics.

Correct Answer: statistics. . Question 13 . 0 out of 1 points Sapir and Whorf postulated that in many ways Answer Selected Answer: all of these Correct Answer: words help mold our perception of reality. .

Question 14 . 0 out of 1 points If we have an intensional orientation, we Answer Selected Answer: also have an extensional orientation. Correct Answer: go beyond labels to inspect the things they are attached to. . Question 15 .

0 out of 1 pointsAccording to Robin Lakoff, which of the following groups has a tendency to use tag questions ? Answer Selected Answer: powertalkers Correct Answer: women . Question 16 . 0 out of 1 points The triangle of meaning shows that Answer Selected Answer: figure and ground are often ambiguous.

Correct Answer: there is no direct relationship between words and things. . Question 17 . 1 out of 1 points The purpose of a definition is to increase the audience s understanding.

Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True . Question 18 . 1 out of 1 points To avoid bypassing, you shouldAnswer Selected Answer: be person-minded instead of word-minded. Correct Answer: be person-minded instead of word-minded. . Question 19 . 0 out of 1 points When conducting an interview, you should do all but which of the following? Answer Selected Answer: ask specific questions Correct Answer: ask only the questions you planned to ask .

Question 20 . 0 out of 1 points An idea that is communicated using a high level of abstraction Answer Selected Answer: involves the use of symbols more than words. Correct Answer: is open to more confusion of meaning because it is more abstract..Question 21 . 1 out of 1 points Benjamin Whorf believed that our words determine the reality that we are able to see.

Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True . Question 22 . 0 out of 1 points When you cite someone else’s opinions, you are using Answer Selected Answer: hypothetical examples.

Correct Answer: testimony. . Question 23 . 1 out of 1 points Culture determines a person s style of response whether to be indirect and be concerned about the other person s saving face in public, or be up front and direct. Answer Selected Answer: TrueCorrect Answer: True . Question 24 . 0 out of 1 points Snarl words and purr words Answer Selected Answer: describe people or things we are talking about.

Correct Answer: describe our own feelings and attitudes. . Question 25 .

1 out of 1 points The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Answer Selected Answer: shows how the language we speak helps shape our world and our behavior. Correct Answer: shows how the language we speak helps shape our world and our behavior. . Question 26 . 1 out of 1 points To contrast various events at one point in time, you would probably use a AnswerSelected Answer: bar graph Correct Answer: bar graph .

Question 27 . 0 out of 1 points Primary techniques for generating your own information include all but which of the following? Answer Selected Answer: informal surveys you conduct Correct Answer: computer-aided searches . Question 28 . 0 out of 1 points It is a good idea to reproduce the words of your speech on your overhead slides so the audience can read along with you.

Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False . Question 29 . 0 out of 1 points Denotation refers to AnswerSelected Answer: the triangle of meaning. Correct Answer: dictionary meaning. . Question 30 .

0 out of 1 points According to Deborah Tannen, women speak a language of Answer Selected Answer: intimacy. Correct Answer: both connection and intimacy. . Question 31 . 1 out of 1 points The difference between language and symbol is that Answer Selected Answer: symbols represent things and are found within language.

Correct Answer: symbols represent things and are found within language. . Question 32 . 1 out of 1 points Wikipedia AnswerSelected Answer: has a penchant for inaccuracy and is questioned on its validity. Correct Answer: has a penchant for inaccuracy and is questioned on its validity. .

Question 33 . 0 out of 1 points The purpose of a tag question is to Answer Selected Answer: avoid offending the listener. Correct Answer: seek confirmation for the speaker s perceptions.

. Question 34 . 0 out of 1 points Verifying the quality of material found online is the responsibility of the audience, not the speaker. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False . Question 35 . out of 1 points Powertalkers may be described Answer Selected Answer: as speaking directly and to the point.

Correct Answer: by all of these. . Question 36 . 1 out of 1 points Margo chastised her brother for using negative words. She is practicing linguistic determinism.

Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True . Question 37 . 1 out of 1 points When a speaker presents an idea again and again in different words, he or she is using Answer Selected Answer: restatement. Correct Answer: restatement.

. Question 38 . 0 out of 1 pointsThe number of terms that a given culture has to describe a concept can indicate the controversial nature of that concept. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False . Question 39 . 0 out of 1 points If a concept is very important to a culture, there will probably be only a few words to describe it.

Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False . Question 40 . 0 out of 1 points Women use more _____________ than men. Answer Selected Answer: qualifiers Correct Answer: both qualifiers and tentative phrases .Sunday, October 2, 2011 5:35:29 PM EDT OK .