Identify the six guidelines for effective small talk.

What will be an ideal response?

The ideal answer should include three of the following:
- Be positive.
- Be sensitive to leave taking cues.
- Stress similarities rather than differences.
- Avoid monologuing.
- Answer questions with enough elaboration to give the other person information to use to interact with you.
- Remember that you will be associated with the topics you frequently select to talk about.

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The two purposes of an effective conclusion are to _________ and to _________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Annabelle and Edgar are holding hands in a photograph of their prom date and they are standing off to the side and away from the chaperone. A viewer will see Annabelle and Edgar as more closely related to each other than they are to the chaperone. This illustrates the gestalt law of ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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