Lonnie was telling Greg about a trip he took on the Ocoee River in Tennessee. Lonnie said, "The rapid called Slice and Dice was,"but before he finished the sentence Greg said, "I know exactly what you mean."Greg's understanding of what Lonnie was saying is due to
A) scripts.
B) pragmatism.
C) prosody.
D) priming.
E) fixation.

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Scripts are mental structures that represent a sequence of actions or events in a particular context, such as a trip on a river with rapids. Greg likely has a script for what a rapid like "Slice and Dice" entails, allowing him to understand Lonnie's experience without needing further explanation.

Lonnie Was Telling Greg About a Trip He Took on the Ocoee