Verbal communication involves the use of words both spoken and written.

Non-verbal communication involves the use of body language, gestures, facial expressions.

Para-verbal communication involves the use of tone of voice, rhythm, accent and other things related to the sound of the words we speak. This is important because the sound is receipt before the meaning of the words and therefore it may begin to create an emotion in the audience and may contribute to the effectiveness of the message we are transmitting.

All these components contributes to the clarity of the message we are trying to delivery.

The choice of the communication channel to use also depends on the fact that some channels allow or not allow to use non-verbal and para-verbal communication. For example email does not allow to use non-verbal communication.

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