The Red Balloon Video

Watch the first few minutes of the award-winning French "semi-silent" movie, The Red Balloon. You can stop at the point where the man on the bus tells him he can't board with the balloon. Then choose the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions.

. We know the little boy is a school boy because his book bag is a(n) ________ that tells us so.

. When the little boy pets the cat, he is demonstrating a(n) ___________.

. When the little boy is waiting for the bus, the woman in the grey coat silently ushers him back away from the curb, using that nonverbal act to __________ her verbal warning to be careful.

. When the man on the bus tells the boy he cannot bring the balloon on the bus he wags his finger to say "no." He is using nonverbal communication to __________ his verbal communication.

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The man's finger-wag "no" is a(n) ____________because it is a gesture that can be translated into words.

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