Brad Tends to Overreact When in Conversations with His Friends

question 202

Multiple Choice

Brad tends to overreact when in conversations with his friends. His closest friends understand how Brad can be quite sensitive, and often say to him, "Come on, don't make a mountain out of a molehill!" Brad's friends are using _____ to point out when he is making a big deal about nothing.

• A) figurative language
• B) extralinguistic information
• C) indirect language
• D) linguistic relativity

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