Doublespeak Group Analysis

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For the doublespeak group project, four groups comprised of randomly placed students had to work together to create a presentation and quiz about their particular type of doublespeak. The point of the project was to give the class an opportunity to learn and teach the class in order to comprehend the four types of doublespeak. My group had jargon. We all collaborated in and out of class to work on both the quiz and the PowerPoint presentation, and in my opinion did an excellent job. Everyone wrote their own note cards and we did not formally rehearse, but the day of and the day before we went over what everyone would be doing and made sure we were all in agreement and ready to present. Unfortunately, our PowerPoint and quiz were not submitted

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