1. Defining Communication Theories Cognitive Dissonance Theory Cognitive Dissonance Theory argues that the experience of dissonance (or incompatible beliefs and actions) is aversive and people are highly motivated to avoid it. In their efforts to avoid feelings of dissonance‚ people will avoid hearing views that oppose their own‚ change their beliefs to match their actions‚ and seek reassurance after making a difficult decision. Communication Accommodation Theory This theoretical perspective examines
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prepare for your fi rst speech and as a checklist for all the speeches you give in your public speaking class. You can also use the guide as a handy reference for speeches you give aft er college. Presenting a speech involves six basic stages: 1. Determining your purpose and topic (Chapter 4) 2. Adapting to your audience (Chapter 5) 3. Researching your topic (Chapter 6) 4. Organizing your ideas (Chapter 8) 5. Practicing your speech (Chapter 12) 6. Presenting your speech (Chapter 12) Th ese
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the right sort of fishing lines. Here’s what you need to think about. 1. You’ll want to consider what fish you’re actually fishing for and catching. You might be fishing for salmon or trout‚ or perhaps pike‚ or even eels. 2. The place where you fish can make a difference to the sort of line you need too. Perhaps you’re fishing in a nice clear pond with no obstructions‚ or maybe you’re fishing a fast flowing river with steep banks‚ or even sea fishing. 3. How often you go fishing will also help to
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evaluated is coherence. A worldview is not genuine unless it has clarity. Any worldview needs to be clear on what it is representing. For instance‚ a Christian worldview has solid lucidity. We believe in One Lord‚ One Faith and One Baptism‚ this is crystal clear. To be far lucidity is not just coined to one worldview simply because some can claim that Christianity is the best worldview. Another can determine that postmodernism is a better worldview because it rejects absolute truth. Lastly‚ some could
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who you are‚ I believe the main purpose of the speech was to teach people a valuable tool while interacting with others. She emphasizes a lot about the way you present yourself and even the choice of posture you choose. While interacting with others‚ people gather personal opinions of you when they are observing and analyzing who you are. Thus being said a lot of the strategies she teaches you seem to work and are also backed up by real data. One of the things Cuddy teaches is that Power posing
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set foot in their own unknown land that we call "growing up." This speech will be relatively short in order that you can grasp what it really mean. Graduates‚ today you bring pride and honor to your parents‚to your teachers‚ to your alma matter‚ and most of all‚ to yourself. For today you have proven one thing that only you could do. You have proven to us that you can. As I was requested to deliver an inspirational speech‚ I reminisced about the 14 years after I graduated La Camelle School
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his poem‚ “One Today‚” for president Obama’s second inauguration. Blanco was the first Cuban-American that was an openly gay poet presenting his text infront of the whole nation. His poem takes us through a day in the life of an American from sunrise to sunset‚ incorporating our similar daily experiences into his poem. It exposes America’s geographical features‚ different cities‚ scenery and the tragedies that we have all experienced as a nation together. He is trying to make a point that we are
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live a normal safe life so you don’t have to worry about anything. Why kill a child you dont want when you can just put him or her up for adoption when born‚ or not even put yourself into the position at all. When you are are a rape victim it is one thing‚ but just sleeping around just to do it then wanting to get an abortion is another. Why not just focus on school because more than half of abortions are high
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Winston Churchill Speech‚ Blood Toil Tears and Sweat Blood‚ Sweat and Tears speech by Sir Winston Churchill May 13th 1940 On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to form a new administration. It was the evident will of’ Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties. I have already completed the most important part of this task. A war cabinet has been formed of five members‚ representing
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Djenica Chery Speech The unloved ones Over 400‚000‚000 abandoned children live on their own on the streets of hundreds of cities around the world. Can you believe that every 2 seconds a child become orphan. My questions to you are. How would you feel if you know that you’re parents abandoned you because they didn’t want you or simply because they could not afford to keep you? How would you feel to know that your parents trade you for just 5 bucks or for whatever it was? There are so
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