Oral comm: Nonverbal communication

use of space to communicate

• Emphatic gestures

• Posture

• Proxemics

• Stance

how you distribute the weight of your body on your feet

• Stance

• Proxemics

• Body language

• Posture

movements of the limbs, body or head that help listeners visualize spoken words

• Body language

• Nonverbal communication

• Emphatic gestures

• Descriptive gestures

movements of the limbs, body, or head that allow a speaker to emphasize spoken words

• Descriptive gestures

• Emphatic gestures

• Nonverbal communication

• Body language

a distinctive behavioral trait; an idiosyncrasy

• Stance

• Nonverbal communication

• Mannerism

• Proxemics

anything people communicate beyond the literal meaning of words

• Body language

• Emphatic gestures

• Descriptive gestures

• Nonverbal communication

gestures, eye contact, posture, facial expression, and proxemics as conveyors of feeling

• Nonverbal communication

• Descriptive gestures

• Body language

• Emphatic gestures

how you hold your body

• Stance

• Emphatic gestures

• Posture

• Proxemics

If we are having and argument and I step away to add distance between us, I am using ___ to communicate that I am angry.

• Stance

• Proxemics

• Posture

• Emphatic gestures

When a world leader really wants to drive home a point they are making, they might use ___.

• Stance

• Posture

• Emphatic gestures

• Proxemics