Unit 10 Worksheet Apprehension in Small Group Communication The written work for this Unit will be completed by uploading the completed worksheet in the related Assignment folder in D2L by the unit deadline. Save your worksheet with the following file name: COM 1100 — Unit 10 – Last Name Name: Take this brief quiz below about your communication behaviors in a small group setting. Specifically, this measures your apprehension in small group communication situations. The questionnaire consists of six statements concerning your feelings about participating in group discussions.After you figure your score based on the directions, answer the following questions in short-essay format (1 full paragraph per question). Indicate the degree to which each statement applies to you. Your answers then become your “score” for each item, and there are no right or wrong answers. Do not be concerned that some of the statements are similar. Work quickly and record your first impression. 1 = strongly agree; 2 = agree; 3 = are undecided; 4 = disagree; or 5 = strongly disagree ______ 1. I dislike participating in group discussions. ______ 2. Generally, I am comfortable while participating in group discussions. ______ 3. I am tense and nervous while participating in group discussions. ______ 4. I like to get involved in group discussions. ______ 5. Engaging in a group discussion with new people makes me tense and nervous. ______ 6. I am calm and relaxed while participating in group discussions. To obtain your score, use the following formula: Start with 18; add the scores for items 2, 4, and 6; then, subtract the scores for items 1, 3, and 5. A score of over 18 shows some degree of apprehension. SOURCE: From James C. McCroskey, An Introduction to Rhetorical Communication, 9e. Copyright © 2005 by Allyn & Bacon. Printed and electronically reproduced by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 1. State your score and whether you feel it is an accurate representation of your small group apprehension. What kinds of groups generate a) the most anxiety and b) the least anxiety for you? 2. What factors might influence your small group apprehension? (If you have very low apprehension, what factors might occasionally raise your level of apprehension?) Have you ever experienced group hate? 3. What are some ideas you have for reducing your apprehension (and/or group hate) in small group settings? 4. Identity a group that have you been a part of that has practiced effective communication. How did they communicate? Why was the experience a positive one for group members? 2 Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: informal environment public speaking anxiety level 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.