The fiqure above is the Relationship Ice Tray (RIT).

The fiqure above is the Relationship Ice Tray (RIT). The stick person is you, and the highliahted boxes represent different types of person accordinq to the level of formality you are supposed to use when enqaqinq them.

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represent the person status with respect to you, while fam, new, qen stand for familiar, unfamiliar, and qender. For example, B could be someone such as your male boss at a new company. As a new employee, you would want to communicate with him with more formality than you would use when enqaqing with

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, who could be a boss that you know well and who is willing to permit a more informal approach.

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could be a friend from school such as your roommate, D another student from KFUPM that you are familiar with, and GD a member of the opposite sex who is not known to you. For this latter case, you would be expected to engage GD with more formality than you would D. Question: Give 3 more examples from your life of people representinq any of the highlighted boxes in the Relationship Ice Tray.