21 December, 2014

Support, Style,Organization and Presentation


Define the following terms in your own words. Do not use textbook definitions, but imagine how you would describe these terms to other students.

1.      Thesis: Main idea of your speech or essay.
2.      Narratives: An example in story form. 
3.      Analogies: Comparisons that make your idea more vivid to your audience.
4.      Testimony: The opinions or statements of others used to, usually, show support.
      5.      Presentation aids: Material used to give or show the audience to support your thesis
6.      Models: A lot like a presentation aid, used to further prove a point.
7.      Motivated Sequence: The way you organize the information you are presenting to allow your audience to respond positively to it.
8.      Orientation: Tells what the presentation is going to be about.
9.      Closure: Explains what the presentation was about. Reiterating what was said.
Name 3 examples of presentation aids.
1.        Flyer 
2.       Brochure 
3.       Power point/video
Name 6 patterns that are involved with Public Speaking.
1.     Temporal  
2.      Spatial
3.       Topical
4.       Problem-solution
5.       Cause-effect
6.       Effect-cause
What is the difference between a conclusion and closure?
A conclusion is usually a set length while closure can be very short or long.

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