Communication
Define "middle ground"
a mutual conclusion/agreement
Define interject
to interrupt
to gradually wear away/destroy
ruin, weather, deteriorate
Complete this quote "Revenge is a dish best served ___"
cold
Name 7 movie/book genres
Thriller, horror, romance, comedy, sci-fi, mystery, documentary, action, drama, fantasy, history
What can you interpret?
message
thoughts
meaning
What can you receive?
message
feedback
Explain this saying “The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more money than the man with the gun.”
Someone with power and a persuasive tongue can get better results than someone who is violent
Explain this saying “time erodes gratitude more quickly than it does beauty!”"
People get ungrateful faster than they get old/ugly
What does it mean to chime in
to add to the conversation
What can you prevent?
miscommunication
misunderstanding
confusion
What can you share?
ideas
thoughts
feedback
Define these 3 sayings from the movie Mean Girls
What is an innuendo?
a suggestive remark, implying something that isn't explicilty said
Synonyms: insinuation, implication, allusion, suggestion
Who is Malala?
Malala is an international symbol of the fight/struggle for girls' education after she was shot in 2012 for opposing Taliban restrictions on female education in her home country of Pakistan.
What was the transmission model of communication?
means that communication is a one-way process
What was the transactional model of communication?
People give and receive feedback. It is a two way conversation
List 3 features of the fantasy genre
Magic, Talking Animals, The Extraordinary, Mythical Creatures, Superhuman Forces
Define this idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining"
every bad situation holds the possibility of something good.
What do perceptual filters do?
change meanings and interpretation of messages we receive according to what we believe/the opinions we have
Fill in the Blank
Listen with your eyes and ears, as well as with your............... . Remember that communication is more than just words.
gut
Define Defuse and hijack
- to de-escalate, reduce intensity, make less serious
- to unlawfully seize for one's own purposes, to take over
Use these 3 idioms in 3 sentences correctly and name the kind of future someone would say these in.
1. Don't count your chickens before they hatch
2. Rain on someone's parade
3. Get a taste of your own medicine
Dystopia
Use these 3 idioms in 3 sentences correctly and name the kind of future someone would say these in.
1. Everything’s coming up roses
2. With flying colors
3. walking on air/sunshine
Utopia
Give 3 reasons/situations in which we hyphenate words
- to join two or more words that stand for a single adjective(describing word) before a noun
- to separate numbers only from 21 -99
- to avoid confusion in meaning
- to connect compound words
- to clarify that the words are a unit