Suppose You Are Talking to a Friend and You Make

question 22

Multiple Choice

Suppose you are talking to a friend and you make a gesture that the friend does not understand. So the friend asks you what you are intending to communicate by that. In this kind of a situation your friend is ________.

• A) using an interpretive question to try to learn your purpose
• B) using an analytical question to try to learn how to make the same gesture
• C) using an inference question to see what you are implying
• D) using an evaluative question to indicate disapproval

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