Back Practice Test: COMM 305 Chapter 33

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  1. a supportive interruption often meant to show agreement and solidarity with the speaker
  2. Women ask questions to establish a connection with others
  3. a term suggesting that masculine and feminine styles of discourse are best viewed as two distinct cultures
  4. Gilligan presents a theory of moral development claiming women tend to think and speak in an ethical voice different from that of men
  5. Critics say that Tannen claims both female and male styles are equally valid, but her comments and examples tend to put down masculine values
  6. founder of Genderlect Styles theory, linguistics prof at Georgetown
  7. a subjective standard ascribing validity to an idea when it resonates with one's personal experience

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  1. public vs. private speaking
  2. telling a story

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