Relevance means making your conversational contributions responsive to what others have said. When people ask you questions, you provide answers. When they make requests, you grant or reject their requests. When certain topics arise in the conversation, you tie your contributions to that topic. During conversations, you stick with relevant topics and avoid those that aren’t. Dodging questions or abruptly changing topics is uncooperative, and in some instances, others may see it as an attempt at deception—especially if you change topics to avoid discussing something you want to keep hidden (McCornack, 2008).