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You are an intern at a company that wants to use TikTok to communicate with their customers. You have extensive knowledge on TikTok, having uploaded multiple videos that have earned more than 100,000 likes. Due to your experience, your company turns to you to lead their efforts on TikTok.  What kind of leader have you become? 

The most important aspect of a protein molecule to its function is its ___________.

In a _________ culture, its members follow the directions of those with higher status and more power without questioning them. 

You are bored and anxious in a meeting and so you start tapping your pencil on the desk. This pencil has become an ____________, that communicates your lack of interest. 

According to your reading, a team member who makes jokes all the time and “clowns around” throughout your team meeting assumes a positive role on the team because they keep team members laughing all the time. 

Raising our thumb in a “thumbs up” movement is an example of a(n) __________ in nonverbal communication. 

Nafisi argues that there are two kinds of people in the world and that reading literature helps you become the better of these two types.  What are these two kinds of people and how does she think reading literature affects which of those types a person becomes?

Remembering what someone told you is an important part of the listening process. 

What kind of editing are you engaged in when you ask yourself big-picture questions, such as “Is the message clear? Is  my argument persuasive? Is my writing well organized and easy to follow?” 

In __________ cultures, people expect events to start on time.