Los Angeles Valley College Communications Essay

See the box titled “Getting Critical” in chapter 11.2 of Communication in the real world: An introduction to communication studies [http://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/] and answer questions 1 and 3 at the bottom of the box:

1. What is your reaction to the claim that persuasion includes Western and masculine biases?

3. In what situations might an invitational approach to persuasion be useful? In what situations might you want to rely on traditional models of persuasion?

Scoring (total points possible are 0 to 50):

The following are worth 5 points each if the student has included them; 0 points for not including them (these are all or none point values: the only possible scores are 0 or 5 for each item):

1) at least 500 words total (not per question; NOTE: your name, COMM 101, the instructor’s name, the date, the title, the prompt, and the reference section do not count in the word total) (0 or 5 points)

2) personal reflection/argument has been humanized (0 or 5 points)

3) uses examples (0 or 5 points)

4) explicitly cites course material in the text of the answer (a reference page alone is not sufficient) (0 or 5 points)

The following are worth 15 points each and are graded on a sliding scale (any point value from 0-15 is possible):

1) explaining reaction to the claim that persuasion includes Western and masculine biases (0 to 15 points)

2) explaining when invitational versus traditional approaches to persuasion may be useful (0 to 15 points)