Explain how to define the purpose and types of a presentation
Presentations work for different goals; you have to find that one that relations to the situation of the presentation
Describe the ways to choose a topic th
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Explain how to define the purpose and types of a presentation
Presentations work for different goals; you have to find that one that relations to the situation of the presentation
Describe the ways to choose a topic that is suitable for the type of presentation
1. Think about the audience
2.Think about the occasion
3. Think about yourself
Explain how to conduct an audience analysis to achieve the greatest impact
1. Know information about your listeners
2. Know the audience's general attitudes and beliefs about the topic
Summarize the seriousness of plagiarism and how to avoid it
Giving credit is the easiest way to avoid plagiarizing
Identify effective ways to build credibility for your presentation with research
Finding strong sources
Create the basic structure of a presentation
1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion
general subject of your presentation
Topic
a large framing statement about the reason for the speech (to inform, persuade, entertain, celebrate or a combination of these)
General Purposes
the precise goals of the presentation
Specific Purpose
1. Epideictic
2. Informative
3. Persuasive
Types of Presentations
introducing yourself or another person, celebrating an event or commemorating a special occasion; often contain a strong emotional element
Epideictic Presentation
to convey new information and increase the audience's understanding about a topic
Informative Presentation
to change, alter or modify an audience's attitudes, beliefs, values or outlook about a topic.
Persuasive Presentation
the process of gathering and analyzing information about an audience to make informed choices about your content and delivery.
Audience Analysis
1. Consists of the size of the audience
2. The environment
3. The occasion.
Speaking situation
the physical setting of the presentation
Environment
a fallacy in which a speaker attacks the person instead of the argument or information
Ad Hominem
1. Statistic
2. Example or story
3. Rhetorical question
4. Reference to the past
5. Quotation
6. Anything that will draw attention of the audience
Attention Getter
learned thought processes that guide behavior and thinking and represent likes or dislikes of a target
Attitudes
a speaker expects the audience to make decisions based on the popularity and popular opinion of the position.
Bandwagon
ideas that a person holds true or false and are formed from experiences in the world and significant relationship
Beliefs
any assumption or attitude about a person, an issue or a topic that is made before knowing all the facts
Bias
questions that limit the possible answers groupings or categories
Category Questions
the method used to end a presentation.
Concluding Device
a speaker's perceived level of knowledge, trustworthiness, and believability.
Credibility
a person's race, ethnicity, or country of origin.
Cultural Background
using general conclusions to reach a specific conclusion
Deductive Reasoning
personal characteristics or attributes of the audience.
Demographics
oversimplifies issues by offering only two solutions even though other options exist
Either/or arguments
the credibility and ethical appeal of a presentation.
Ethos
the structure of the presentation, argument, or information with regard to audience analysis
Framing
Large framing statements about the reason for the speech (to inform, to persuade, to entertain/celebrate [epideictic])
General Purposes
a type of plagiarism that occurs when a person uses an entire document as his or her own.
Global Plagiarism
occurs when someone uses one or two examples and then generalizes the examples to a much larger concept; accepting information that is not supported with evidence.
Hasty Generalization
using specific conclusions to reach a general conclusion
Inductive Reasoning
a person who generally knows about the speaking situation, the makeup of the potential audience, and even overall attitudes and beliefs about the audience.
Informant
the logical appeal of a presentation
Logos
does not follow conclusion; the conclusion has no relationship to the statement
Non sequitur argument
the reason or event in which a person is speaking
Occasion
questions that allow the person to expand on the answers and not simply provide yes-or-no answers
Open-ended questions
occurs when several different documents are combined into one document and then used as a person's own
Patchwork Plagiarism
the passion or emotional appeal of a presentation
Pathos
a publication, either printed or electronic, that is produced on a regular basis, such as newspapers, magazines, and journals
Periodical
using someone else's words or ideas without giving credit to the source
Plagiarism
the last step of the introduction that tells the audience the specific things that will be discussed in the presentation
Preview
information obtained from a participant or an observer who witnessed the action
Primary source
A fallacy someone uses nonrelevant information to distract from important information
Red Herring
a list of all the sources cited in the presentation that conforms to the specific guidelines of a reference system
Reference List
questions that allow a person to make an answer between two points, usually found on surveys
Scaled Questions
research and information that is at least one step removed from the actual event (ex: textbooks, news articles and reference books)
Secondary Source
occurs when a person uses his or her previous original work as new for another project, paper, or class
Self-plagiarism
A fallacy that represents the notion that when a single step is made a host of other negative consequences follow
Slippery Slope
research and information attained through others' work
Source
consists of the size of the audience, the environment, and the occasion
Speaking Situation
the precise goals of the presentation including both the topic and the general purpose
Specific Purpose
a statement or declaration by a person who has a connection to the topic
Testimony
occurs when a person uses another person's words but does not give credit to the source
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