What two simple steps can everyone use to improve communication with someone from a different culture?
What will be an ideal response?
- The first step to understand others is to remember that not everyone thinks or speaks the same.
- Second, we must make careful language choices that reflect an understanding of what language is, how it is used, and what effects it might have on listeners.
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a. resentment b. cooperation c. relationship healing d. calm negotiation
Which criterion for judging rhetorical acts emphasizes the pragmatic nature of rhetoric?
A) effects/response B) aesthetics/artistic C) truth/accuracy D) ethical/moral
Manuel, a teacher, decides to convince his school principal to raise funds to build a sports facility for the students. As the principal does not give much importance to sports, Manuel must work extra hard to seek the approval of his proposal. While speaking to the principal, Manuel lists out reasons why a sports facility is an asset for a school as opposed to a school with no sports facility. In
this scenario, Manuel is evidently using a _____ speech pattern. A) ?refutative B) ?comparative advantages C) ?statement of reasons D) ?criteria satisfaction
______ speech or speech actsare legally protected
a. Ethical
b. Critical
c. Free
d. Slanderous