Linguistics Questions

Trump was seen as a particular _______________________ of fake news reports. [BENEFIT]

Tim Cook supports _______________________, reliable, non-sensational news outlets. [TRUE]

A single fake article would need to have had the same _______________________ effect as 36 television campaign ads. [PERSUADE]

Supporters of both candidates were accused of promoting _______________________ in order to gain a political advantage. [INFORMATION]

Letters to the editor have widely disparate tones. They are written by members of the public and are published as part of an open, public debate on an issue. Letters to the editor frequently change in tone throughout each letter, and are often intensely personal. Letters to the editor may contain wild, biting attempts at making the audience feel angry, sad, amused or shocked. Tone helps create these moods.

Often editorials will make an effort to retain a calm, logical and measured tone. They like to sound intelligent, knowledgeable and reasonable. Editorials mostly retain the same tone throughout, but some editors can falter into a more personal and emotional tone on occasion, and students need to be able to pick up on subtle changes if they happen in the piece of writing.

With some state verbs we form the passive using :Verb + being + past participle. Like : love,like, avoid, deny, remember, report, imagine, face, describe.

Intransitive verbs don't have passive form.Intransitive verbs is when the verb isn't followed by an object.

For reporting verbs in passive,Be (based on the the tense of the verb in the active sentence) + past participle

In passive the importance is on what was done or given and nit who or what did it (the agent).We can use « by » if we want to include the agent (the person who is doing the action), or « in » for place or time something was done

When the object is followed by infinitive without « to » in the active form, we need to use infinitive with « to » in the passive form.

Interaction adaptation theory suggests that: individuals have their own behavioral styles and do not adapt their communication behavior to the communication behavior of others.individuals simultaneously adapt their communication behavior to the communication behavior of others. individuals can easily adapt their verbal communication behavior, but not the nonverbal communication behavior, to those of others. individuals alter the meaning of messages to adapt them to their individual thought processes. individuals who are in online relationships have adapted their intimacy levels to match the intimacy levels in face-to-face relationships.

People's understanding of who they are is known as _________

The four "Rs" that make up the listening process are receiving, responding, recalling, and _____. reviving refreshingrating reprising revising

_____ occurs when people view innocent comments as personal attacks or hostile criticisms. PseudolisteningDefensive listening Gap filling Ambushing Active listening

fear or anxiety pertaining to communication with people from different cultural backgrounds is known as

_____ involves the verbal and nonverbal acknowledgement of communication. Responding Recalling RatingReceiving Revising

People's possessions and how they decorate themselves and their surroundings are known as _____.body artifacts seeking gestures body kinesics physical characteristics delivery gestures

The study of a person's body movement and its effect on the communication process is known as _____.kinesics haptics acoustics chronemics proxemics

Which of the following is true of nonverbal communication? It is easier to understand nonverbal communication than verbal communication. Nonverbal communication forms an insignificant part of interpersonal communication.Nonverbal messages are more ambiguous when compared to verbal messages. Adults generally believe verbal messages over nonverbal messages. Verbal messages are always congruent with nonverbal messages.