What is the purpose of critical listening? A. to imagine yourself in the other person’s position to understand him or her better

B. to identify and analyze aesthetic and artistic elements in a speech

C. to listen for facts and supporting details and to evaluate the speaker’s message

it is as important to listen critically as it is to read critically. Critical listening is a process for understanding what is said and evaluating, judging, and forming an opinion on what you hear.

so your answer will be C. to listen for facts and supporting details and to evaluate the speaker’s message

the primary theme of ha jin's “a decade” would be the need to revisit one's past to determine a path for the future. “a decade” is one of the twelve brief stories of ha jin's under the red flag, which takes place during the cultural revolution of china.

halibut, flounder, tuna, and trout are all fish. so your first answer is 1.) fish. and since fish is edible, your next answer would be 3). edible

to describe those fishes more thoroughly, some of those fishes live in fresh water, and some of the fishes live in salt water, and that is not a thing that they all have in common. the question is asking what is common with all of the fish, so answer choices 2). fresh water and 4). salt water are not right.