Professional
Communications
Verbal Communication
Types of Verbal Communication: Formal and Informal, Slang, Idioms,
Cliché’s, Technical, Sexist
Choose one of the types of language above.
On a poster board
1. Define the term
2. Give an example of the term
3. Illustrate the term
4. If using an idiom or cliché, give the literal meaning of the example.
Example:
Idiom-Figure of speech: A manner of speaking that is
natural to native speakers of a language. Idioms became
popular when Benjamin Franklin published them in Poor Richard’s
Almanac in 1732.
When Pigs Fly
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=when+pigs+fly+clipart&ei=UTF8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002
Literal Meaning: It will probably never happen