Communication
Active Listening
Summary
DGP
ELA Terms
100

This is a two-way street involving the sending & receiving of messages

What is "communication"?

100

This is the model that active listeners follow.

What is the HEAR model?

100

This is the definition of a summary.

What is "a brief and objective recounting of the main points of a text or event, avoiding needless details"?

100

These are the 4 basic parts of speech.

What are nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?

100

This is an assumption made based on facts and evidence in the context of an event.

What is an inference?

200

This is the purpose of communication.

What is "to exchange ideas"?

200

The "H" stands for this.

What is "helpful"?

200

This is what TAG stands for.

What are the title, author, and genre?

200

This is a person, place, object, creature, or subject.

What is a "noun"?

200

This is what you do in the end after gathering all the facts and making several inferences...

What is drawing a conclusion?

300

This is the person who initiates communication.

Who is the "sender"?

300

This type of listener listens for both content and intent.

What is "empathic"?

300

This is the type of verb used in a written summary.

What is an "action verb"?

300

This type of verb is always intransitive.

What is a linking verb?

300

This is the text type, like fiction or nonfiction.

What is the genre?

400

This is the intended audience of the message.

Who is the "receiver"?

400
An active listener does these things.

What are "make good eye contact, sit up, lean slightly towards the speaker, nod..."?

400

This is the number of times you should read a text.

What is at least twice (2 or 3 times)?

400
These two things are required to make a clause.

What are the subject (n) and predicate (v)?

400

This is a true or factual text type.

What is nonfiction?

500

These are the 3 Language Registers.

What are "Formal, Informal, & Familiar/Intimate"?

500

These are the ways an active listener responds to a message.

What is are "summarize the key points and feelings of the speaker as well as ask clarifying questions"?

500

These help your writing flow more smoothly.

What are "transitions"?

500

This is the type of sentence that contains only 1 independent clause.

Where is a simple sentence?

500

The time, place, and people involved make up this.

What is the context?