Double-Entry Journal Assignment A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines “’Gentlemen of the jury‚ be merciful. For God’s sake‚ be merciful. He in innocent of all charges brought against him. ‘But let us say he was not. Let us for a moment say he was not. What justice would there be to take his this life? Justice‚ gentleman? Why‚ I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair.’” (page 8) After trying to convince the jury that Jefferson is not clever enough to commit the crime‚ the defense
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Violations of Nonverbal Rules The elements of nonverbal communication are proxemics‚ kinesics‚ vocalics‚ chronemics and haptics. Among them‚ proxemics and haptics are the two types of rules and social norms I see violations‚ as different cultures have different attitudes towards space and touch in communication. In the following essay‚ I will talk about my view on violations of nonverbal rules through my own experiences‚ and what type of violation is excusable. Then I will outline the factors
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Journal Entry #1 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb p. 311 Word count: 522 Summary Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Love should be an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment (DK). But in the short story Love in L.A.‚ the definition of love is the exact opposite. Through “Jake‚” the protagonist’s definition of “love” is expressed in different fashions‚ none results in anything positive outcome; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible
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University of Phoenix Material Verbal and Nonverbal Coding Worksheet Part A: Nonverbal Instructions: Respond to each question below in complete sentences with at least 150 words. Include at least one example from the reading materials that supports your position in your response. 1. Is a smile a universal nonverbal form of communication? Why or why not? Provide specific examples in your answer. 2. What are some of the ways that you‚ as an American or
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precisely recorded” (Schaefer‚ 63). As they approached their booth and sat down‚ they both showed forms of nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication is “the sending of messages through the use of gestures‚ facial expression‚ and postures” (Schaefer‚ 16). The girl showed her nonverbal communication by smiling (showing how happy she was to be there) and the boy showed his nonverbal communication by rubbing his stomach (indicating how hungry he was). As they talked‚ I tried to listen to their conversation
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10/1/12 The Crucible: Act 2 Journal Entry 1 Everyone at some point has been judged unfairly. In my case‚ being judged unfairly can happen because of a lack of trust or lack of understanding. A good example of this was during freshman year in geometry. After spending many hours at a friend’s house working on an extensive homework assignment‚ we learned the material and completed the assignment by working together. After we turned the homework in‚ the teacher immediately wrote us off claiming that
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Page 1 of 2 Nonverbal Listening Patterns I chose graded project number one‚ being Nonverbal Listening Patterns. Nonverbal listening patterns means‚ certain messages through a variety of cues such as body language and tone of voice. As I observe myself on two separate occasions. Choosing two people with whom I know: Vickie L. my sister and Avery D. a loan officer‚ at our local bank. The exercises consist of two different conversations. While speaking with each person I was to analyze my
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In Interpersonal Communications‚ one of our assignments was to violate a nonverbal gender prescription‚ and write about how we felt while doing this‚ as well as other people’s responses to our behavior. While I was watching TV with my boyfriend‚ Jarrod‚ last weekend‚ he changed the channel to ESPN. I tried to argue that we should watch something that both of us want to watch‚ but I suddenly got interrupted with the typical‚ "Not now baby‚ the game is on". Jarrod did not notice the expression on
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The world we know is based on communication. People work‚ play and share ideas through communication. Each person must be able to make his thoughts and wants known to others and be able to understand the thoughts and wants of others. There are different mediums in which people can let others know what they think or want‚ this done through the different types of communication. Communication is defined in the Webster Dictionary as sending‚ giving or exchanging information and ideas which are
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Nonverbal in Context Observation #1 Date &Time: November 19th at 7-8 pm. Location: Church (Friday‚ Youth service) Participants: The Pastor and the church members In this observation there was a series of nonverbal communication. I will start with Kinesics (facial). In this church service people have happy faces and are worshiping God‚ some are bored because they don’t really understand what is happening; others are excited because God let them experience his presence‚ and last but not
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