Identify which stage of the listening process is occurring in the following scenario.

Alexei angrily told Cosette about the unfair grade he had received on his research paper. She nodded sympathetically and asked, "Did you try talking to the teacher about it?"
selecting
understanding
evaluating
responding
remembering

The correct answer is: responding.

Explanation:

In this example, Cosette responds to Alexei's statement by directly responding with a question. It represents the final stage of the listening process where the interlocutor indicates his/her involvement, by giving  feedback about the statement.

Responding represents the confirmation that our interlocutor received our message successfully.

the number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers increased.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class