Writing Homework Help

Description:

In this assignment, you will review Everyday Conversations from DeVito 6.3, with particular attention to Guidelines for Making Small Talk. You will locate videos on YouTube that demonstrate good and bad examples of people engaging in conversation. Then, you will outline instructions on how to make small talk, make an apology, and give and receive a compliment. You will use the Discussion Board tool so that you can see links from other students. 

Objectives:

Explore and practice the principles of conversation.

Analyze guidelines for making small talk and other aspects of everyday conversation.

Instructions:

Review Everyday Conversations from DeVito 6.3, with particular attention to Guidelines for Making Small Talk.

• Locate video on YouTube from popular TV shows or movies that demonstrate a good and bad example of each of the following:
• making small talk

making an apology

giving and receiving a compliment

Copy and paste the share link into your response.

1. Include the start /stop time the viewer should watching, if not the entire video.

Integrating DeVito citations, outline a set of specific instructions on how to make small talk, make an apology, and give and receive a compliment. 

Guidelines for Effective Small TalkAlthough “small,” this talk still requires the application of the communication skills for “big talk.” As already noted, remember that the best topics are noncontroversial and that most small talk is relatively brief. Here are a few additional guidelines for more effective small talk.Be positive. No one likes a negative doomsayer. So, comment on the weather when it’s nice; move to another topic when it isn’t.Be sensitive to leave taking cues. Small talk is necessarily brief, but at times one person may want it to be a preliminary to big talk and another person may see it as the sum of the interaction.Stress similarities rather than differences. This is a good way to ensure that the small talk stays noncontroversial.Answer questions with enough elaboration to give the other person information to use to interact with you. The more elaborate answer also signals your willingness to engage in small talk, whereas the simple “yes” response can be interpreted as indicating you don’t want to interact.Avoid monologuing. Listen and be responsive to the other person. Even small talk is two-way and requires each person to talk and each person to listen. Remember the principles of turn-taking and dialogue.Remember that you will be associated with the topics you frequently select to talk about. If all your small talk concerns celebrity relationships, for example, then you might become defined as someone who is only interested in shallow gossip.