COMD 133 Quiz #1 with 100% correct
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
Communication - correct answer ✔✔transmission of thought/feeling from the mind of speaker
to the listener
- process where two or more people share info
- doesn't have to be spoken
How info is relayed - correct answer ✔✔-formulation: process of pulling together
thoughts/ideas before sharing
-transmission: conveying ideas to another person- speaking, signing, gesturing, or writing
-reception: receiving info from another person (hearing)
-comprehension: making sense of the info
Halliday's list of Communicative Functions - correct answer ✔✔1) instrumental
2) regulatory
3) interactional
4) personal
5) heuristic
6) imaginative
7) informative
Instrumental communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to ask for something; focused on
material or result of the exchange
"Will you pass me the butter, please?"
, Regulatory communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to give directions, to direct, regulate
- focused on the action or the person carrying out the action
Interactional communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to interact and converse with others in
a social way; facilitate socialization
Personal communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to express a state of mind or feelings about
something
Heuristic communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to find out info and to inquire
Imaginative communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to tell stories and role play
Informative communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to provide an organized description of
event/ object
Modality - correct answer ✔✔the manner in which information is transmitted and received
- most common is speaking
- also sign language, reading, writing, electronic communication (text/email)
Linguistic Feedback - correct answer ✔✔speaking and vocalizing
Nonlinguistic Feedback/ Extralinguistic Feedback - correct answer ✔✔eye contact, facial
expression, posture, proximity
Paralinguistic Feedback - correct answer ✔✔use of pitch, loudness, and pausing
answers graded A+ 2025/2026
Communication - correct answer ✔✔transmission of thought/feeling from the mind of speaker
to the listener
- process where two or more people share info
- doesn't have to be spoken
How info is relayed - correct answer ✔✔-formulation: process of pulling together
thoughts/ideas before sharing
-transmission: conveying ideas to another person- speaking, signing, gesturing, or writing
-reception: receiving info from another person (hearing)
-comprehension: making sense of the info
Halliday's list of Communicative Functions - correct answer ✔✔1) instrumental
2) regulatory
3) interactional
4) personal
5) heuristic
6) imaginative
7) informative
Instrumental communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to ask for something; focused on
material or result of the exchange
"Will you pass me the butter, please?"
, Regulatory communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to give directions, to direct, regulate
- focused on the action or the person carrying out the action
Interactional communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to interact and converse with others in
a social way; facilitate socialization
Personal communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to express a state of mind or feelings about
something
Heuristic communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to find out info and to inquire
Imaginative communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to tell stories and role play
Informative communication - correct answer ✔✔Used to provide an organized description of
event/ object
Modality - correct answer ✔✔the manner in which information is transmitted and received
- most common is speaking
- also sign language, reading, writing, electronic communication (text/email)
Linguistic Feedback - correct answer ✔✔speaking and vocalizing
Nonlinguistic Feedback/ Extralinguistic Feedback - correct answer ✔✔eye contact, facial
expression, posture, proximity
Paralinguistic Feedback - correct answer ✔✔use of pitch, loudness, and pausing
