Worksheet 1-1 From Rhetoric to Communications

Using either a recent edition of a Sunday newspaper or the Internet, find an example of one of the following terms:

a. Rhetoric

b. Speech

c.  Speech communication

d.  Communication

e.  Communications

Staple the article or advertisement to a piece of paper and, below the clipping, answer the following questions.

1. How was the term being used? Define as specifically as possible the intended meaning.

2. What other meanings might be interpreted from the word?

3. Was the term easy or difficult to find? Why do you think this was the case?

4. If you had to pick only one of these terms to represent all of our communicative behaviors, which one would it be and why?

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