04:192:380 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Thesis Statement, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication
• Course: 04:192:380
• Professor: professor Bridges

Document Summary

Encode: to choose verbal or nonverbal symbols to organize and deliver one"s message. Decode: to interpret a message by making sense of a source"s verbal and nonverbal symbols, decoding is preformed by the receiver. Culture: the values, traditions, and rules for living that are passed from generation to generation. Culture is learned, not innate, and influences all aspects of a person"s life. How you will deliver your speech you need to know your audience. Critical thinking: the analysis and evaluation of others" ideas as well as one"s own assumptions, based on reliability, truth and accuracy. Looking at sources and decide what sources are informative and reliable. Ethics: a set of rules and values shared by a group to guide conduct and distinguish\ between right and wrong. Thesis statement: a single sentence that conveys the topic and purpose of a speech. All of the different parts of speech, such as the main points and subpoints, should tie into the thesis statement.