Dax has been working on his speech for several weeks. After carefully crafting his purpose and thesis, Dax did extensive research and organized his main points and subpoints. He has a strong introduction and conclusion and is very proud of his formal outline. A few days before his speech, Dax prepares informal speaking notes and begins to practice. Although he has put so much work into his speech, he doesn’t want to appear stiff or formal. He wants to give which type of speech, so he can appear natural and relaxed?

Family _________ are based on the social and emotional functions that your behaviors serve within your family. 

Rejection, obligations in others, hurt to others, and violation of other people’s privacy are all _____________ of self-disclosure.

Excessive use of ______ can make someone feel like an outsider.

Which of the following is NOT a model of communication? 

Good public speakers engage in ______________, which means thinking carefully about the characteristics of their listeners so they can address their audience in the most effective way.

Because of its negative historical connotation, the word Nazi is an example of which of the following? 

Jim is giving a speech about the importance of flossing. He starts putting together charts that illustrate how people who do not floss generally die at an earlier age than those who floss regularly. Jim then learns his audience will be schoolchildren. Which of the following suggestions should he take in order to present the most effective speech?

English speakers use the word dog, even though that word actually does not look or sound like a dog, because they have agreed to give the worddog that particular meaning, thus showing the _______________ nature of language.

Yani is on the phone with her mother, who is explaining how to go about preparing dinner for the family later. Yani is distracted by a humorous Twitter post by one of her friends. As dinner time nears, Yani realizes she has no idea how to cook the family meal as her mother instructed her to do. During the conversation with her mother, Yani was experiencing which type of noise?