Question

1.
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Based on a personal agenda, people try to _____ others by swaying their feelings about a situation.

manipulate

be straightforward

reflect

appoint
2.
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Another word for honest is:

sabotage

menial

earnest

diction
3.
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If you think utilizing the word "behemoth" for the word "giant" is important, then you have paid attention to your _____, or word choice.

diction

fillers

earnest

tags
4.
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Tacked on at the end of sentences are questions called:

stereotype

diction

tags

earnest
5.
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You just heard that "The Smiths left town," so you tell your neighbor, "The Smiths moved away!" The restatement in your own words is known as:

conversation

ambiguous

mediator

paraphrasing
6.
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The definition of monotone is:

willing to change how you feel

questions that follow the original question posed by either of the communicators

one tone

questions someone has to answer without a simple yes or no—they have to answer by providing information
7.
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Straightforward is:

the intentional swaying of another's feelings or reactions by convincing him or her of things based on the speaker's own agenda

a simple statement of facts

think, ponder, or meditate on a given situation

assign or give importance to the experience at hand
8.
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If you say that an individual is mean just because he is a member of a particular group, then you have resorted to using _____

fillers

earnest

diction

stereotypes
9.
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You pose a(n) _____ question that can be answered with a "yes" or "no" only.

flexible

closed

open

Answer 1

1. manipulate
2. earnest
3. diction
4. tags
5. paraphrasing
6. one tone
7. a simple statement of facts
8. stereotypes
9. closed