Verbal vs Nonverbal Communication

What is verbal communication?

• gestures, facial expressions, and body positions

• use of language

Anything people communicate with beyond the words that they are saying (more than the meaning of words)

• Body language

• Nonverbal communication

• Emphatic gestures

• Descriptive gestures

Tone of voice can reveal your true feelings

• TRUE

• FALSE

Is listening a part of communication?

• Yes

• No

How something is said, not what is said refers to...

• tone of voice

• space

• touch

• none of these

Communication without words is called

• Silent speaking

• Verbal communication

• Nonverbal communication

• Interpersonal communication

When you speak, your listener gets messages from...

• What you say and your vocabulary
• How you look and your words
• What you say, how you act, and your accent
• What you say, how you act, and how you look

Which is not a type of non-verbal language?

• body language
• word choice
• paralanguage
• appearance