A good speech introduction should do a few things, but first and foremost, it should ________________________.

Hearing and listening are practically synonymous; they both involve the process of interpreting meaning from another person’s message.

Verbal immediacy refers to language that is used to reduce psychological distance between the speaker and the audience; it’s a way of using language to enhance your connection with the audience.

In ionic compounds, ________ gain valence electrons to form negatively charged ________.

Juan and Melinda have been in a committed relationship for two years, but lately, Melinda has been using every disagreement with Juan to prove that she’s “right.” Juan is confused, hurt, and frustrated by Melinda’s __________________________ style of conflict management, and is questioning whether he even wants to continue to relationship with her.

The vocabulary, or collection of words and expressions used a language, is called the lexicon.

An oxygen (O2) sample with a mass of 8.0 g has a volume of 2.6 L. What will the volume be if 10 g of neon is added without a change in pressure and temperature ?

The process of transforming thoughts, feelings, and concepts into symbols and organizing them into a message is called encoding.

The invention of new words in the English language, such as texting, googling, cyberbullying, sexting, tweeting, retweeting, netiquette, webinar, emoticon, and blogging are all examples of how language ___________________________.

Diana takes a work phone call while she’s driving her car.  She tries to pay attention to the call, but she also has to focus on traffic and driving.  What kind of context is affecting Diana’s communication?