You Are Listening to Someone Speak, and One of the Words

question 31

Multiple Choice

You are listening to someone speak, and one of the words they say at the beginning of a sentence is muffled. The sounds you hear form a word that sounds halfway between "dent" and "tent." How will you interpret what you heard?

• A) You will assume it is a new word that you have never heard before (that sounds like dent and tent) regardless of the other words in the sentence.
• B) You will decide on dent or tent based solely on the sounds you heard in that word (i.e., you will not be influenced by other words in the sentence).
• C) You will base your interpretation on the words and syllables that immediately follow the muffled word, rather than those that occur later in the sentence.
• D) You will base your interpretation on the first relevant clues you find in the sentence, even if those clues occur several words after the muffled word.

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Definitions:

Continuum

A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceivably different from each other, though the extremes are quite distinct.

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Idealizes

Involves viewing someone or something as perfect or better than in reality, often ignoring flaws.

Devalues

To diminish or underestimate the importance, worth, or status of something or someone.