Please help with my comm class homework! I am stuck.

Course: COMM 20 (Elements of Interpersonal Communication)

Instruction: Read the following situations and decide if interpersonal communication has occurred in its assigned situation. (Where would youplace it on a scale of 1 [interpersonal] to 7 [impersonal]?) If you decide that the situation is impersonal, provide a short explanation onhow might it be made interpersonal?

Interpersonal Impersonal

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Situation 1:

While she is waiting in line at the supermarket checkout counter, a woman who is in line behind Maria comments, "Your coat looks really warm. It must be nice and cozy on these cold winter days." Maria says, "Yes, it is, thank you." Before she moves up to the clerk, Maria chats with the woman about where she got the coat and how much she has used it.

Situation 2:

Ellen and Kendrick have known each other on a surface level for a couple of years. At a party they meet and strike up a conversation about a mutual friend Kendrick would like to date. During the course of the conversation, Ellen comments, "I know your type. You think you can use my personal credibility with Sharon."

Situation 3:

"Chandra, you know we promised each other on the night that we met that we'd always be honest, no matter what. Now you can tell me what has happened."

Situation 4:

A student visits a professor to discuss an exam grade. Before the student leaves, they discover that they both grew up in northern Minnesota. For several minutes they reminisce about the cold winters there.

Situation 5:

Jim is functioning as host for his organization's fund-raising campaign dinner. He greets each member as she or he arrives and offers to take the member's coat and hat and directs the member to the bar and hors d'oeuvres trays.