What's the Word?
Interprets and translates the message, gives feedback
What is a receiver?
Doing this will help your research by talking with someone at the library over the phone.
What is: calling ahead
I am the first in order when making a citation.
What is: the author
John Smith. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray, 1999.
What is: switching the first and last name, seperated by a comma.
This is the order of the communication process.
What is: sender, message, receiver, feedback.
An obstacle that gets in the way of effective communication.
What is: communication barrier
This search engine works best with keywords, rather than full questions.
What is Google
Use this typeface when citing a book.
What is: italics
Beyonce. Pray You Catch Me. Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016, www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade/
What is: missing quotation marks around "Pray You Catch Me."
These are the two types of communication that involve words.
What is: written and verbal communication
A collection of related information and articles gathered from hundreds of publications.
What is: a database
This source is used for finding maps and other geographical information.
What is: an atlas
I am the larger whole in which the source is located.
What is: a container
Crowley, Sharon, and Deborah Hawhee. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students. 3rd ed, Pearson, 2004.
What is: missing period after "ed"
These six relationship contexts will alter the way a message is given and received.
What is: family, friendship and peer, school and work, community, generational, and multicultural.
The statement that comes between the attention-getter and the thesis statement to logically collect the two.
What is: the link
This source is the largest publisher in the world, churning out thousands of books and pamphlets each year.
What is: Government publications
What am I? (capitalized)
The Bible. AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION, Oxford UP, 1998.
What is: the version or edition
"Hush." Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon, performance by Sarah Michelle Gellar, season 4, Mutant Enemy, December 14th, 1999.
What is: incorrect date format.
14 Dec. 1999.
When tailoring your message to an audience, it is important to know these five levels of communication.
What is: interpersonal, intrapersonal, group, public, and mass communication.
Usually one sentence at the end of the introduction that gives the audience an overview of the major areas that will be discussed in the body of the speech.
What is: the preview statement
When looking up general facts and statistics, look in me.
What is: an almanac
The publisher's name need not be included in one of these.
What is: periodicals, works published by their author or editor, websites whose titles are the same name as their publisher, websites that make works available but don't actually publish them.
The Swimming Pool by Matisse, Henri. 1952, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
What is: the author comes first.
You use this type of appeal when you "strike a chord" in your audience and appeal to their sense of patriotism, family, or justice.
What is: emotional appeal