Communication Strategies

Identify all five elements of Burke’s Dramatist Pentad: Act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose.

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Watch an entire episode of your favorite sitcom. With this episode, apply Burke’s Dramatist to determine the motive of speakers. Take one scene and identify all five elements of Burke’s Dramatist Pentad: Act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose. Explain. Using the pentad, determine why the speaker selected rhetorical strategy to identify with the audience. (The … Read more

Give an example of an intercultural couple (real or from television) to illustrate the intercultural couple’s communication style.

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Review the four styles of interaction in intercultural couples (p. 424 – 425 of your text). Post a discussion explaining one of the interaction styles. Give an example of an intercultural couple (real or from television) to illustrate the intercultural couple’s communication style. How to post your essays: 1. Read the Discussion topic for the … Read more