Writing assignments in college courses give students opportunities to practice writing in an academic tone. this tone is considered a reflection of the prestige language in vogue in society at a given time. it is also very different from the language you'd use when conversing at a party or via text message. what term best describes your ability to navigate these different linguistic situations?

The term best describes your ability to navigate these different linguistic situations would be the identification of the different communication codes and context.

Explanation:

To have a formal conversation or an informal one, will depend on the context and the different communication codes, which can be verbal or non verbal. Theses codes give us signals about whether is better to use formal or informal resources of language. Context will define a lot too, because is no the same talking with your brothers, someone older in your family or ask for something to the university authorities.

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.