Sarah: “tell me all about your weekend! was it nice to be on the beach? ” rose: “it was awful! it rained the whole time and i didn’t get to spend any time on the beach at all. instead, we were all cooped up in the hotel room; my little brother and sister were driving me insane! hopefully that’s the last family vacation we take for a while! ” sarah: “i’m so sorry! my weekend was so boring, i spent the whole time by myself with nothing to do. if you’d been here, we’d have had lots more fun! ” rose: “it sounds like we both had pretty awful weekends and now we have to deal with that stupid math ” this dialogue reflects what aspect of communication? a. men tend to communicate about their topics of expertise b. women and men tend to communicate about trivial matters c. women tend to communicate to build relationships d. none of the above

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?