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d. Traitor
3. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Low code is more likely to be used when talking to
______.
a. a friend
b. a person you grew up with
c. a person you’ve known for a long time
d. someone you just met
4. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Frames help people understand communication by
shedding light on how they ______.
a. should assign meaning to verbal communication
b. may expect others to communicate
c. should be communicating
d. should assign meaning to nonverbal communication
True/False
1. There is a direct connection between symbols and what they represent.
2. The acceptance and application of the usage of symbols determines how they are
represented through ideas.
3. Symbolic activity, along with language usage, assists in the way that personalities,
identities, cultures, and realities are transacted.
4. Communication can work only when individuals use similar words to indicate or
denote the same items.
5. “You think what you can say” is the proposal of the mood-congruent hypothesis.
6. Media references are common because of the denotative means with which they are
associated.
7. Relationships are developed and maintained through symbolic activity.
8. In the communication field, God terms and Devil terms are absolutes for all people in
the same society.
9. The management of people’s dignity or self-respect is known as face.
10. Word connotations may vary across cultures.
11. The way in which you say something (nonverbally) to someone indexes the
relationship.
12. The nonessential function of talk happens when talk makes a relationship real or
brings it into being.
13. Relationships are developed and maintained through symbolic activity.
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14. Values encoded through words can be positive or negative.
15. The word ‘nice’ is an example of how values encoded through words can change
over time.
16. Culture does not have an influence on the amount of cursing within a particular
group.
17. When interacting with someone in a close relationship and when feeling relaxed,
people are more likely to use high code.
18. When interacting with their professor, students are more likely to use low code.
19. A rocket scientist not breaking down and explaining complex words to her audience
is an example of convergence.
20. A person moving toward the style of talk used by the other speaker is an example of
convergence.
21. The denotative meaning includes the implications, overtones, and additional
meanings associated with a word.
22. The connotative meaning is the idea that the names of objects and ideas make
verbal distinctions.
23. The elements of Burke’s dramatic pentad used to analyze stories are scene, agent,
act, agency, purpose.
24. The element of the pentad that focuses on how the act was accomplished is known
as agent.
25. Narratives and accounts may use more than one element of the pentad when
framing outcomes or situations as inevitable.
Short Answer
1. When are words given meaning?
2. Why do people communicate differently depending upon the group they find
themselves in?
3. What was Kenneth Burke’s motivation for creating the pentad?
4. Why would a person converge by using “company lingo” when speaking with a
coworker?
5. Provide an example of a term or phrase that represents how a value encoded
through words can change over time. Explain how that value has changed.
6. Provide an example of a term or phrase that represents how a value encoded
through words can differ among people. Explain how that value is different among
people.
7. Provide an example of feminine versus masculine talk.
8. Provide an example of high-context versus low-context talk.
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Essay
1. Provide an example of conversational hypertext, as detailed by the text’s authors.
2. How might Kenneth Burke’s concept of God and Devil terms not be viewed as
absolute in communication?
3. Explain how relationships regulate verbal communication.
4. Explain the difference between positive and negative face wants.
5. Why is it essential in conversation that people using the same words share the same
world?
6. Explain the politeness theory.
7. Why do people wish others to view them in a positive light?
8. Explain the instrumental function of talk.
9. Explain the four aspects of how values are encoded through words.
10. Explain how collectivist talk will differ from individualist talk in regard to a class
group project.
11. Explain the difference between high code and low code.
12. Explain the difference between divergence and convergence.
13. Analyze why it is important to use convergence with others.
14. Explain the difference between the politeness strategies.
15. Explain the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
16. Explain the term polysemy and give an example.
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17. Explain the difference between approved terms and disapproved terms.
18. Explain the Burke’s elements of the Pentad.