Parameters
Non- Manual Markers
Deaf History and Culture
Numbers
Sign This
100

What are the 5 parameters of a sign

Handshape, Palm Orientation, Location, Movement, NonManual Markers (includes Facial Expression - but more!)?

100

 What role do Non-Manual Markers play in ASL?

It is the grammar of the sentence

100

Who were the two men responsible for starting the first school for the Deaf?

Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

100

What is the Palm Orientation for multiples of 11 from 22 - 99 ?

Palm Down (facing floor) double bounce using numbers 2 through 9

100

Sign: What is your name?

YOUR NAME WHAT(WH-Q)

200

A '5' handshape tapping the chin with the thumb makes what sign?

MOM/MOTHER

200

What is the Non-Manual Marker for a W/H question?

Eyebrows up

200

When did Deaf President Now occur and who was the first Deaf President of Gallaudet University?

1988. Irving King Jordan

200

What is the Palm Orientation for numbers 1 - 5 and 11 - 15?

Palm In (facing toward body)

200

Sign: The library is on the 4th floor.

LIBRARY (topic brows) 4TH FLOOR

300

Bent 'L' handshapes, palm orientation facing each other, slight side to side movement and an "ooo" facial expression make what sign?

Small

300

What is the Non-Manual Marker for a W/H question?

Eyebrows down or furrowed

300

Where is the first school for the Deaf in the United States located?

Hartford, Connecticut

300

What Handshape is at the beginning of numbers in 21 and 23-29?

The 'L' Handshape

300

Sign: Do you live near the mall in Lenexa?

YOU LIVE-THERE LENEXA NEAR fs-MALL (Y/N-Q)

400

What do the signs DAD, GRANDFATHER, and MAN have in common?

Handshape

400

What is the Non-Manual Marker for "Topic Eyebrows"?

Eyebrows up
400

What is the name of the only Deaf Liberal Arts University in the world and where is it located?

Gallaudet University in Washington D.C.

400

What is the pointer finger tapping the thumb repeatedly?

The number 20
400

Sign: Where is the bathroom?

BATHROOM WHERE (W/H-Q)

500

Name 3 signs that have the same Location.

Answers vary

500

How do you negate a sentence?

Shake your "No" when signing a statement

500

What do you do when there are people signing and you need to get by them?

Go around them or pass straight through quickly (You may lightly touch a shoulder as you pass through.)

500

What is the Handshape and Movement of the sign for NUMBER?

Flat 'O' fingertips touching as you twist and tap

500

Sign: My sister is happy.

MY SISTER SHE HAPPY SHE.

M
e
n
u