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Kelly is listening intently to her friend, Sheri, talk about her boyfriend who is leaving for one year to serve in the Army. Kelly says “mmm-hmm” during the conversation to show Sheri that she is listening. She is communicating using:

Appropriate distance is sometimes culturally determined.

As he drove out of the driveway, he saw his wife waving but did not realize that she wanted him to stop to avoid running over the tricycle. He thought she was just waving good-bye. The problem in this nonverbal episode is that we

It is possible for a person to hold both formal and informal roles in a particular group.

Copying another person’s speech in its entirety is called incremental plagiarism.

The purpose or thesis statement is the whole idea of your speech in one sentence.

A person who stands shoulder-to-shoulder with you in the elevator is in your intimate distance.

One purpose of the body of the speech is to state the sources of your information.

As much as possible, a speaker should refrain from mentioning that he/she has personal experience with the topic of the speech.

The audience first forms an opinion of you when you present evidence in the body of the speech.