The Interpersonal Communication Analysis Paper Description and Purpose This course is called the Communication Experience, and, accordingly, this assignment calls for you to analyze one of your communication experiences in light of course content and put what you’ve learned to work. This will offer unique and rewarding opportunities for the application of course material in “real life,” because first-hand knowledge can produce learning that sole lecture-style coverage of the material does not even come close to. Specifically, the assignment asks for you to describe and then evaluate yourself in an interaction between yourself and one other person in your life in the process detailed to follow: Process Select a communication interaction or conversation between yourself and one other person with whom you have a personal or professional relationship to analyze (e.g., family member, friend, significant other, boss or co-worker, mentor, roommate, teammate, etc.). Make sure this is a face-to-face interaction (live or in a format such as Zoom) where you can see and hear everything going on (e.g., not an e-mail, telephone call, text message, etc.) and that the encounter is relatively lengthy (not just a couple of minutes) so that you will have much to write about. To maximize the value of the assignment, try to pick a significant exchange (an important discussion, a big announcement, a conflict or miscommunication, a job interview, relational break-up, marriage proposal, etc.). Then, analyze this one exchange in a three- page paper that follows the paper format, requirements, and evaluative criteria that follows: Paper Format Description Describe this interaction in light of everything you have learned in the course thus far (Chapters #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5, all class hand-outs, exercises, and lecture notes) as applicable to the encounter. What went on from start to finish? Answer this question using as much as possible course concepts and terminology (from the areas of perception, the communication process, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, communication competence, etc.). All course terms or concepts that you use should be indicated either in bold font, italicized, or underlined. Evaluation Evaluate the interaction, again in light of everything you have learned in the course thus far (Chapters #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5, all class hand-outs, exercises, and lecture notes) as applicable to this encounter. What went well, what did not go well, and how could the exchange have been improved in terms of YOUR OWN COMMUNICATION and BEHAVIOR? Answer this question using as much as possible course concepts and terminology (from the areas of perception, the communication process, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, communication competence, etc.). All course terms or concepts that you use should be indicated either in bold font, italicized, or underlined. Please note: In this paper, I am looking for at least twenty (20) different terms at a minimum. Paper Requirements • Typed and double-spaced • Three complete pages at a minimum (excluding headings and with standard font size, margins, and so forth). You may write more, but never less without point penalty. • No content written by the student for a course discussion board is duplicated in the paper. Every course assignment is a new learning opportunity, so please stretch yourself and grow with each one. Paper Evaluative Criteria • Adherence to the required format stipulated for the paper-The order or organization of the paper does not matter to me as long as you both describe and evaluate. You may choose to describe the interaction first, and then evaluate. Or you may choose to describe in conjunction with evaluation as you detail the interaction from start to finish. • Substantive amount of course material Use much of what you’ve learned in this class. Specifically, I am looking for at least twenty (20) different terms at a minimum. • Variety of course material-Use many different terms. Don’t draw all of your terms from one or two areas of the course (for example, only nonverbal or listening), but instead use a wide range of terms, different terms from different areas of the course. • Accurate use of course material Use the terms correctly. Points will be deducted for terms used inappropriately (you use the wrong term for what you are describing in the paper) or for failure to use the appropriate term (you are describing something in your paper but do not use the course term that clearly would apply). • Thoughtful treatment-Show depth of thought in your analysis. • Demonstration of proper writing Proofread in order to prevent spelling, punctuation, word choice and grammatical mistakes, and to be clear and concise in making your points. Papers that have not been properly proofread will be returned without grading, so please put in the time to write your best. Grading The paper must be typed, double-spaced, proofread, and three pages in length and submitted in Canvas by the stated due date. The paper grading criteria are fully described above and briefly summarized and awarded points as follows below: 25 points The paper is thorough and thoughtful in description of interaction and evaluation of the communication, with specific steps for improvement provided. The paper uses at least 20 different communication terms appropriately to inform the analysis and demonstrate knowledge and insight regarding communication. 5 points The paper is proofread and well-written, with all points organized and clearly and completely articulated. /30 points Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: communication strategies communication techniques communication experience Interpersonal Communication Analysis emotional involvements User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.