In the previous unit, you considered a writer’s position. Now, you will explore your own
ideas surrounding communication and other soft skills to create a short paper on the
subject.
Instructions:
• Review the articles and resources communication in this week’s Readings and
Resources.
• Create a short paper of three paragraphs that addresses the topics below.
• In your first paragraph, address the following:
o What role will verbal and nonverbal communication have in your future
career?
▪ Begin by explaining how good verbal and nonverbal communication
will help you in the career that you have decided to pursue.
o Why would you consider them to be important in your future career?
o Next, include information from one of the articles in this week’s unit in your
own words.
▪ When citing the article, use this format for the in-text citation:
• (Author’s Last Name, year, page #).
• In your second paragraph, address the following:
o Review your Annotated Bibliography from your Unit 6 Assignment.
o Pick one additional soft skill from the articles in the Unit 6 Readings and
Resources and answer the following questions:
▪ What is the soft skill you chose?
▪ Why would you consider the soft skill you picked to write about
important to your future career?
o Use a quote from the article in Unit 6 to support your answers to the
questions above.
▪ When citing the article, use this format for the in-text citation:
• (Author’s Last Name, year, page #).
• In your third paragraph, end your paper by answering the following:
o How does your understanding of digital literacy help you develop
communication and the soft skill mentioned above?
• Include a Reference Page with your paper.
ENG107 – The Power of Words
Unit 7 Assignment: Communication and Soft Skills
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o Take the references from the articles you selected in the Readings and
Resources from Unit 6 and Unit 7, and put them in a separate page titled
References. It will be the last page of your assignment.
Requirements:
• Submit a Word document in APA format that has a title page (refer to the Title
Page template provided with your Unit 3 Assignment), and is double-spaced, has
1-inch margins, and uses an APA recommended font (12-point Times New
Roman is suggested). Include a Reference Page in proper APA format for the
selected articles.
• Each of the three paragraphs in the paper should be at least 6 sentences in
length.
• Use at least one direct quote with an in-text citation after the quote. The quote
should come from the chosen article from the Unit 6 Readings and Resources.
