Communication Vocabular
The Communication Process
Ways We Communicate
Verbal vs Non-Verbal
History of Writing
100

This term refers to the sender’s intended message.

What is the message?

100

The first step in the communication process.

What is the sender encoding a message?

100

Speaking and writing are examples of this type of communication.

What is verbal communication?

100

Saying “hello” is an example of this.

What is verbal communication?

100

What Exactly Is Writing?

What is Writing = Information + Symbols

200

The person who receives and interprets the message.

Who is the receiver?

200

This step involves interpreting the message.

What is decoding?

200

Gestures, facial expressions, and posture are examples of this.

What is non-verbal communication?

200

Smiling when happy is an example of this.

What is non-verbal communication?

200

Ancient Egyptians developed the first writing system we know about

hieroglyphic writing!

300

This is the medium through which a message travels.

What is the channel?

300

A response from the receiver to the sender.

What is feedback?

300

This type of communication uses technology like email or texting.

What is digital communication?

300

This non-verbal cue can show confidence or nervousness.

What is body language?

300

Today we call picture writing..

What is ideograms

400

Anything that interferes with the message being understood.

What is noise?

400

The complete cycle of communication includes these three key steps.

What are encoding, transmitting, and decoding?

400

Communication through art, music, or dance.

What is symbolic communication?

400

This non-verbal element includes tone, pitch, and volume.

What is paralanguage?

400

Writing allowed societies to do this with knowledge.

What is preserve and transmit it?

500

The process of turning thoughts into communication.

What is encoding?

500

This model shows communication as a two-way interactive process.

What is the transactional model?

500

Communication that happens without words or sound.

What is silent communication?

500

Eye contact, gestures, and posture are all part of this.

What is kinesics?

500

Writing systems evolved from these early visual symbols.

What are pictographs?

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