Multiple Intelligences Quiz

Your Results: Linguistic-Verbal Intelligence

Linguistic-verbal intelligence is centered on spoken and written language abilities. People with strong linguistic-verbal intelligence enjoy both reading and writing. They tend to learn best when they read or hear information and often enjoy debating or giving persuasive speeches.

Common characteristics of linguistic-verbal intelligence:

• Good at explaining things to others
• Able to use humor when telling stories
• Strong abilitiy to listen and remember spoken information
• Understands both the literal and figurative meaning of words
• Able to use language in many different ways, such as to entertain, to persuad and to inform
• Strong grammar skills

Learn more about this type of intelligence and some of the best career options for people who are strong in this area in this overview of linguistic-verbal intelligence.