Chloe and Aidan have known one another for several years, but gradually they’ve begun to get closer and have moved their relationship to a romantic level. They’ve begun to attend parties together, host get-togethers, and often finish one another’s sentences. What stage of Knapp’s theory of coming together would best characterize Chloe and Aiden’s current relationship?

Provide an example of a recent conflict. How did you resolve this conflict? How would you handle the conflict differently based on the skills you acquired in this chapter?

What will be an ideal response?

When planning your main points, you should consider which aspects of your topic are best covered in the public, oral mode. Your speech should be used to ____.

A. transmit routine information B. discuss a specialized problem of a small portion of the audience C. indulge the speaker's ego D. read a list of statistics E. None of these answers would be important to discuss in a public speech