COM103 QUIZ Final

A student submitted the following draft conclusion for her expository essay on "Types of Luxury Cars".

If you are going to buy a luxury car, you must carefully consider what you want. There are various brands of luxury cars on the market - Cadillac, Infiniti, Volvo, Land Rover, Lamborghini, Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Lexus, BMW, Audi. Some luxury cars can damage the environment and then our children would suffer the consequences.

The purpose of the second sentence is to

• show off the student's knowledge of luxury cars

• list the cars from most to least luxurious

• present a list of cars for the reader to choose from

• have the reader carefully consider various brands of luxury cars

A student submitted the following draft conclusion for her expository essay on "Types of Luxury Cars".

If you are going to buy a luxury car, you must carefully consider what you want. There are various brands of luxury cars on the market - Cadillac, Infiniti, Volvo, Land Rover, Lamborghini, Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Lexus, BMW, Audi. Some luxury cars can damage the environment and then our children would suffer the consequences.

What is the writer's aim in the last sentence?

• To express the main idea of the paragraph

• To convey the concluding idea of the paragraph

• To focus the paragraph on environmental conservation

• To provide a detail to help the reader choose a luxury brand

A group of ten students from McIntosh High in Jamaica are visiting Cuba to improve their knowledge of Spanish and Cuban culture. They are being hosted by students from José Martí High. When they return to school, they will be required to write a report on their experience.

Which of the following contexts of communication BEST describes the interaction between the two groups of students?

• Intercultural

• Small-group

• Interpersonal

• Organizational

A group of ten students from McIntosh High in Jamaica are visiting Cuba to improve their knowledge of Spanish and Cuban culture. They are being hosted by students from José Martí High. When they return to school, they will be required to write a report on their experience.

In which of the following genres will the report MOST likely be written?

I Narrative

II Exposition

III Argument

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II and III

While in Cuba, some students attended a seminar. The guest speaker noticed that many of the visitors seemed restless during his presentation, even though he was speaking audibly.

Which of the following was NOT likely responsible for their restlessness?

• He was speaking too fast.

• He was speaking in a monotone.

• He was using many unfamiliar words.

• He complemented his speech with projected slides.

Which of the following categories of nonverbal communication are at work in the scenario?

I Paralanguage

II Vocalics

III Chronemics

• I only

• II only

• I and II only

• I and III only

Answer explanation

Paralanguage/Vocalics - is the use of voice or sound to modify meaning and convey emotion or attitude.

In written form, it is represented by punctuation (In this case an exclamation mark "!")

Instead of the words used in Frame 2, what nonverbal behaviour could Barry’s father have used to convey the same message?

• Shake his head

• Turn off the radio

• Hum under his breath

• Raise his brows quizzically

Answer explanation

Barry daddy said he ain't understand a word, not that he doesn't want to hear.

What barrier to the communication process is the response of Barry’s father highlighting in Frame 2?

• The singer’s voice

• The beat of the song

• The lyrics of the song

• The loudness of the music

Barry’s use of “cool” in Frame 5 is an example of

• slang

• jargon

• dialect

• profanity

Answer explanation

Dialect – this refers to the variety of language common to a particular speech community.

Slang- informal language restricted to a particular context or group of people.

For example, the word "cram" is slang. is something you accustom doing too.

Jargon – this is a specialised language with vocabulary related to a particular discipline, such as Law or Medicine.

Profanity - obscene and foul language

A sixth-form class was practising to write expository essays. The students were exposed to the various features of exposition and guidelines for producing this type of essay in an academic context.

A student’s expository essay should typically aim to

• recount experiences

• affect the emotions

• enlighten and instruct the reader

• present the writer’s personal viewpoint