Communication skills for career growth Comm/102 1/12/2011 Don Dwight

The last research paper that I wrote was about divorce, and the reasons behind divorce. I found this topic very relevant; in the world we live in today many married couples rapidly have found themselves turning to divorce as an answer. Finishing the fairy tale they had once fantasized. Moreover, there are certain well- known reasons that put people at higher risk for divorce and these are lack of commitment between the couples, marriage at a very early age, Infidelity, alcohol addiction, and physical abuse, and even financial problems. In my paper I used many resources, including online references, blogs, books, and articles. I also used reliable references when appropriate. Quoted my references and included a bibliography to strengthen my essay. I started off my paper with some background information about divorce general knowledge and basic points. I wrote my thesis statement and branched off with my main ideas. I went to elaborate my main ideas making sure to use supporting ideas and details. I also used various statistics, facts, and figures to support and toughen my points and restated my thesis into my conclusion to summarize my research paper. If I were to rewrite this paper now I would have searched more theories that have been shaped and assessed to determine if they apply to the recent rise in divorce rates around the world. I think my approach would have been still the same, but I would still be looking for the reason behind marriage divorce and why it is on a rise. Certainly, selecting the right topic for a research paper is half the battle. Therefore, it is mainly important to pick a topic that we certainly like working with to make our research paper a success; we will have to guarantee that the topic is strong as well as agreeable To select an appropriate research topic one needs first to brainstorm. Brainstorming is a method that can help us find a topic that we can relate to. Brainstorming is often a fruitful way in which we can get some of these thoughts jot down on paper. Seeing one's thoughts in writing is often a motivating for the writing process. Essentially brainstorming is real when a topic has been selected; it also can be useful if we cannot narrow a topic. It is very important to select a topic that fits one’s interest and knowledge and can be developed with sufficient details. Generally, if one chooses a topic, which is interesting to him/her, the reader will find it interesting too. The need to select a topic, which is not too broad or too narrow, is very important. If one’s topic is too broad or unclear he/she will find too much information and will need to narrow the focus. On the other hand if the topic is too precise or particular, it will be difficult finding enough information to write one’s paper, and therefore, one may need to broaden his/her idea. Moreover, it is important to avoid topics that will lure one to summarize rather than to debate or analyze. Finally, one must make sure to select topics, which can be developed with adequate details as well as avoid topics which are difficult to express in writing. These strategies will help one with the first step in writing a research paper and selecting an appropriate topic. Thinking about our audiences otherwise can progress our writing, especially in terms of how obviously we express our argument. The stronger our points are, the more likely we are to have a strong research essay. Audience analysis is the process of examining information about the audiences who will hear our speech, which on the other hand, helps us familiarize our communication so that our viewers will reply as we wish. Our capability of how we notify or encourage an audience depends precisely on our ability of choosing a suitable topic and in accepting that topic to the specific audience. If we only analyze our audience but do not use the information to modify our message, the information we have gathered will be of little worth. Using one’s ability to study about one’s audience and then to familiarize to them can help one uphold his/her listeners’ care and make them more open to their ideas. These levels play very important roles on how we analyze our audience. Mainly how speaker presents his/her thoughts and evidence will governor the credibility and confidence that audience members represent to his/her speech. A speakers’ credibility depends in part on speaker, the topic simply debated, the condition, and the audience. According to the book there are four features of credibility, which are competence, trust worthiness, dynamism, and common ground (Pearson, Nelson, Titsworth & Harter, 2011). Competent shows speaker is talented, competent, and knowledgeable. Trustworthiness can be expressed as truthful, reasonable, friendly, and honorable; dynamism is the extent to which an audience sees the speaker as brave, lively, strong, and self-confident and finally, Common ground is the degree, to which the speaker shares openly his values and believes with his audience. Before I began my paper I started out a sketch or my pre-rough draft. I laid my main points and paired them with effective evidence (facts, figures, statistics, and e.tc.) and kept them short and straight to the point. Simply this helps me remember my points clearly, and it also makes things easier to go deeper into my main points and elaborate. These strategies, for example the informal outline sketch technique is an effective and extremely useful strategy, which can be used on various types of writing assignments if it is a research, autobiography, reflective paper. It helps the writer easily put the paper together by basing on it the first sketches. The general to specific technique is a phenomenal strategy. It may be the most commonly used, but it does a great job of grabbing the reader’s attention from the get-go, which is the point of the essay other than informing. This technique also helps the reader’s sympathizes as they read the work

Reference

. Pearson, J. C., Nelson, P. E., Titsworth, S., & Harter, L. (2011). Human Communication. (4 ed.). McGraw-Hill Company.

Moreover, having information about the cultural background of the person or people you are communicating with play a role in how to express yourself