Lab Activity 2: The Reading Process: Before Reading

Chapter 1: A Reading System for Effective Readers
Lab Activity 2: The Reading Process: Before Reading

Objective
To use the Survey and Question steps of the SQ3R method in preparing to read a selection.

Step 2: Refer to the selection from a college communications textbook in the Lab Manual to answer the following questions.

1. The topic of the selection is

a. communication styles.

b. listening styles.

c. speaking styles.

d. surface and depth listening.

2. The predominant organization of the passage is

a. comparison and contrast of surface and depth listening.

b. list of items related to literal meanings.

c. time order of events in Julius Caesar.

d. cause and effect of always looking for hidden messages.

3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 present

a. reasons people fail to notice hidden meanings.

b. examples of messages with deeper meanings.

c. ways to determine a hidden meaning.

d. reasons people communicate with hidden messages.

4. Paragraph 3 introduces

a. kinds of literal messages.

b. kinds of inferential messages.

c. the process for regulating surface and depth listening.

d. definitions of good communication.

5. How many listening guidelines are listed in paragraph 3?

a. three

b. four

c. five

d. six

6. Reading this passage, a reader might want to determine the author's purpose, which is

a. to persuade the reader to attend an interpersonal communications workshop.

b. to inform the reader of the surface and depth listening guidelines to improve interpersonal communication.

c. to entertain the reader with examples of poor communication scenarios.

7. For an adequate understanding of this selection, the reader needs

a. an understanding of the difference in literal and inferential messages.

b. a knowledge of gender differences in communication.

c. training in authoritarianism.

d. recognition of types of leadership styles.

8. "If you respond only to the surface-level communication (the literal meaning), you miss the opportunity to make meaningful contact with the other person's feelings and needs."

The word literal describes

a. meaning that contains deeper, less obvious messages.

b. obvious meanings.

c. the use of symbols from nature in the messages.

d. the use of poetic but confusing language.

9. "Recognize both consistent and inconsistent ‘packages’ of messages and use these as guidelines for drawing inferences about the speaker's meaning."

In this sentence inferences refers to conclusions about

a. meanings that contain deeper, less obvious messages.

b. obvious meanings.

c. symbols from nature in the messages.

d. poetic but confusing language.

10. "However, on another level—the relationship level—the student may be voicing objections to the instructor's authority or authoritarianism."

Authoritarianism refers to a style that emphasizes

a. honesty.

b. fairness.

c. cooperation.

d. unquestioning obedience.