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Slide 13 of 41

Words Heard in an Hour

• Poverty: 615 words
• Middle class: 1251 words
• Professional: 2,153 words

Hart and Risley, 1995

To the right of the text a human stick figure is shown next to a large round bomb. The figure appears to be scratching his head and looking at the lit bomb.