According to Knapp and Vangelisti’s stages or coming together, if you serve as “best man” or “maid of honor” at your best friend’s wedding, you and your friend have reached the ______ stage.

What are norms?

a. patterns of appropriate ways of communicating b. identities that individuals choose for themselves c. identities that are attributed to individuals by others d. terms used to refer to cultural groups

A(n) ____________________ speech praises, honors, or pays tribute to a person, an event, an idea, or an institution.

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