Question

Justin felt like the speaker was rambling, so he thought to himself about what happened first, second, and so on, during the speech so far. He was being an active listener by _______ the information.

Answer 1

Justin was not only listening to the speech and accepting every word the speaker said, he was thinking about every word the speaker said and making connections of meaning among every part of the speech at the same time. Therefore, the word that correctly completes the blank space in the sentence is "analyzing": He was being an active listener by analyzing the information.