Liberty
University COMS 101 Reading Analysis 1 solutions answers right
Question 1
Use this week's textbook reading
assignment to match the following terms with their definitions
The use of volume, pitch, tone, accent,
speaking pace, and silence to impact a recipient’s interpretation of his or her
message and motives
The use of gestures, facial expressions
and eye contact to impact a recipient’s interpretation of his or her message
and motives
The use of space to impact a
recipient’s interpretation of his or her message and motives.
The sender’s use of touch to impact
a recipient’s interpretation of his or her message and motives
The sender’s use of time or timing to
impact a recipient’s interpretation of his or her message and motives
The sender’s use of material objects to
impact a recipient’s interpretation of his or her message and motives
Social interaction among two or more
people, usually in a face-to-face environment, but possibly also in real-time
virtual environments.
Interaction among three or more people
who come together for a common purpose
When a speaker formally addresses a
group of typically 10 or more individuals in a face-to-face environment where
interactivity is possible but generally not practiced
When people use a media technology to
distribute information to a large group of physically detached people
Question 2
Use this week's textbook reading
assignment to match the following terms with their definitions
A figurative form identifies one thing
in a way that symbolically stands for another thing, such as when Martin
Luther, in his great hymn, describes God as a mighty fortress
A figurative form explicitly compares
two otherwise dissimilar things, usually via the modifiers like or as, such as
when the poet Robert Burns wrote, “My love is like a red, red rose.”
A figurative form that alludes to
something by either highlighting only one aspect of it or something broader
that includes it, such as when journalists use the term Washington as a reference
to America’s federal government
The figurative use of a mild term in
place of a harsh term to relay the same basic idea in a more tasteful form,
such as when we say that someone “passed into God’s presence” rather than that
this someone died.
The figurative use of a harsh term
instead of a mild term for an intended effect, such as when one calls a lawyer
an “ambulance chaser.”
The figurative ascription of human
qualities to something that is not human, such as the Old Testament prophet
Isaiah, in his book’s 55th chapter, anticipates the day when the trees of the
field will clap their hands
A statement that appears to be
self-refuting but that is, in fact, true or possibly true, such as the
statement, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
A combination of words that means
something different than the words' literal meaning, such as "You will do
well if you play your cards right."
Words that are used indirectly to
signify a secondary meaning that is not patently obvious when the words are
taken at face value.
Words that are used forthrightly to
signify the person, place, thing, idea, action, or state of being that the
words or combination of words evidently symbolize
Question 3
A composite of your beliefs about human
origin (where we came from), human nature (what makes us human), human purpose
(why we are here), and human destiny (where we are going).
Someone who is aware of and content to
live with an inconsistency between the belief system he or she professes and
the one he or she practices
Someone who does not know that such an
inconsistency exists because he or she chooses to disbelieve in its existence,
even though this person has reason for believing that it does exist
Someone who does not know that such an
inconsistency exists because he or she has no reason to know it exists
A person’s history of interactions with
people whose input helps to shape the way he or she sees and acts toward the
world
A truth standard which holds that a
belief, feeling, or behavior is acceptable if it promotes the greatest good not
for the individual, but for humanity as a whole.
A truth standard which holds that a
belief, feeling, or behavior is acceptable if it simply “works” for the person
who holds it, regardless of whether it logically consists with anyone else’s
experiences and standards
Systems of belief that people develop
on their own, primarily in response to what human standards have taught them to
deem believable or acceptable.
Recognizes that God, the timeless,
changeless source and sustainer of the universe and the source of all
knowledge, discloses otherwise indiscernible foundational truths through
Scripture, and that these otherwise hidden disclosures rightly frame and give
direction to human questions to make sense of anything, including communication
A truth standard which holds that a
belief, feeling, or behavior is unacceptable if it is illogical or if it is at
odds with what common human observations tell us is true
Question 4
Use this week's textbook reading
assignment to match the following terms with their definitions
Sees the universe as a self-created,
self-sustaining machine, consisting of material processes and particles and
nothing more than these, that invariably follow the course that physics has
blindly programmed it to follow
Holds that although we come to see the
world as we do by the people who influence us through socialization, this
neither has to be nor should be so
Social constructionists who aim to show
how social influencers can impact what people become and how privileged groups
use this to promote themselves at others’ expense
The attempt to make sense of human
communicative behavior and specific human communications in the light of divine
revelation
Verbal and/or nonverbal behavior
manifest God’s love to others in a way that promotes what God values in the
world
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