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Paper Instructions:

You have spent significant time reading and studying numerous approaches to communication. What is communication? Of the authors read who makes the most convincing argument about what communication is? What is the significance of communication studies? How is communication part of your overall course of study or life goals? Please ground your answers in two key arguments/concepts/discussions made in our class or in our assigned readings rather than a discussion of communication in general.

Ground your answer in at least two of the following:
1.    Miller - Constructive
2.    Shepard - Transcendence
3.    Finnegan – Vision
4.    Marvin – Embodiment
5.    Martin & Nakayma – Raced
6.    Anzaldúa – Wild
7.    Hooks – Talking Back
8.    Madison – Performance
9.    Harwood - Identity
10.    Baldwin – Black English

Please write your response in 800-1,000 words. Submit your essay on Moodle by March 5 at 4 PM. It should be edited, grammatically and structurally sound with a working knowledge of the texts cited. You should have in-text citations of the works you select.

You will be graded on your ability to (1) substantively engage with at least two of the above readings, (2) move beyond simple description of the readings and make an original argument, (3) answer fully each question, (4) write with no stylistics, substantive, or grammatical errors, and (4) meeting the word requirement.