22 HAVEHAD WITH SOMEONE WHO HAD SEVERE MENTALILLNESS.E.ALWAYS USE A SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE (MOST SERIOUS,SEVEREST) TO ALLOW THE VENIREPERSON TO RANK THEEXPERIENCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH THE DEFENSEAND THE VENIREPERSONF.THE USE OF A SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE, PARTICULARLY WHENCONTAINED IN AN IMPERATIVE STATEMENT, WILL ALSONORMALLY CAUSE THE VENIREPERSON TO VOLUNTEER ASITUATION RATHER THAN RETREAT INTO "I CAN'T THINK OFANYTHING"G.ONCE THE VENIREPERSON DESCRIBES HIS OR HER EXPERIENCE,COUNSEL SHOULD USE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS (WHO, WHAT,WHERE, WHEN, WHY AND HOW) TO DISSECT THE EXPERIENCEAND ITS IMPLICATION ON ISSUES IN THE CASEH. IN GROUP VOIR DIRE, VENIREPERSON'S ANALOGOUS EXPERIENCEMAY VALIDATE THE COMMON SENSE OR UNIVERSAL APPEAL OFDEFENSE THEORY OF THE CASE