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An ASL grammar rule in which you point back (deixis) to the individual you are signing about.
What is closing?
100
The man who traveled to England and France to find a way to educate the deaf.
Who is Thomas Gallaudet?
100
The language used in the United States that came before American Sign Language?
What is Martha's Vineyard Sign Language?
100
You touch your chin with the number sign and pull down and finish palm out.
How do you sign ages 1-9?
100
HAT
What is the first word that Alice Cogswell learned to sign using fingerspelling?
200
What information is signed at the beginning of the sentence?
What is time?
200
A famous Deaf/Blind woman
Who is Helen Keller?
200
The first school for the Deaf in the United States in West Hartford, CT
What is the American School for the Deaf?
200
The sign you use in ASL for because.
What is the why bridge?
200
One is signed with one hand the other is signed with two hands?
What is the difference between ASL and BSL (British Sign Language)?
300
An ASL grammar rule in which you sign first what you are talking about and than explain what you want to say about it.
What is Topic/Comment?
300
The Frenchman who helped to start the American School for the Deaf and taught Thomas Gallaudet French Sign Language.
Who is Laurent Clerc?
300
Following the 8 day protest in 1988 in Washington DC.
When did Gallaudet University have it's first Deaf president?
300
What four signs are made with the movement starting at the dominant side of the mouth and dropping down to touch the non-dominant side of the mouth?
What is restaurant, Arizona, single and twin?
300
The method of writing out what is signed; it is in all capital letters.
What is ASL Gloss?
400
An ASL grammar rule in which you use the dominant and non-dominant hand to make a visual list to describe people and things.
What is listing and ordering technique?
400
The Deaf actress who won an Academy Award
Who is Marlee Maitlin?
400
The theory that you need to speak rather then use sign language proposed by Alexander Graham Bell
What is oralism?
400
The NMS you use when you are asking the question "How old are you?"
What is WH face?
400
Gender, ethnicity, height, body type, and eye, hair, clothing
What are the five descriptors for people?
500
An ASL grammar rule which can be used to separate, contrast and compare.
What is shoulder shifting?
500
John Lambert's children
Who were the first congenitally born children on Martha's Vineyard?
500
200 years
How old is American School for the Deaf?
500
You raise your eyebrows and sign must.
How do you sign should?
500
What was requried for all TV's to have by the year 1993?
What is subtitles or captioning?