COMM 10123 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Active Voice, Gender-Neutral Language, Jargon
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Date: dec. 12, 3:00 to 5:30 pm (be sure to also study my chapter lecture notes found in tcu online for the chapters shown below) Difference between denotative and connotative meanings: denotative- literal or dictionary definitions, connotative- subjective; more personal feelings of how we use or define words. We live in a connotative world; not one defined by dictionaries. Tarver"s law of conciseness (lecture notes: the spoken word (versus the written word) requires more words per square idea to say something than to write it. that is tarver"s law of conciseness. We can reread a book but we cannot re-listen to a speech. Consequently, we need to make our point in a more repetitive or thorough manner when speaking than when writing. But always, regardless of oral or written, we need to put thought into what we want to say before words flow from our mouths or from out word-processors.
