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A person’s ability to interpret, understand, or re

spond to symbols is often hurt by noise. Noise is any (36) that gets in the way of sharing meaning. Much of your success as a communicator depends on how you (37) with external, internal, and semantic noises.
External noises are the sights, sounds, and other signals that draw people’s attention away from intended meaning. For instance, during a student’s (38) of how a food processor works, your attention may be (39) to the sound of an airplane overhead. Perhaps during the explanation, a particularly (40) classmate glances toward you, and for a moment your attention turns to that person. Such visual (41) to your attention is also external noise.
Internal noises are the thoughts and feelings that (42) with meaning. Perhaps you let your mind (43) to thoughts of the good time you had at a disco last night or to the argument you had with som