Exam 13: Creating Captivating Presentations

According to Walter Fisher's Narrative Theory, there are two essential qualities to a good story: probability and fidelity. All of the following answers describe story probability except

In Walter Fisher's Narrative Theory, story fidelity refers to the apparent truthfulness of a story, whether it rings true with the stories audience members know to be true in their lives.

The central idea of a presentation is

In two national surveys-one administered to working professionals and the other to college students taking a communication course-only the working professionals ranked "enhancing your credibility" as one of the top-ten speaking skills.

Teasing someone in your audience is an effective way of using humor in a presentation.

All of the following answers represent good outlining rules for a presentation except

Content, one of the seven key elements of effective communication, is expressed in the Audience's Bill of Right: The right to know where the speaker is going and how the presentation will progress.

What type of supporting material is used in the following example? "Four kitchen and bath renovation web sites are fixtureuniverse.com, nkba.org, trendir.com, and homeportfolio.com."

Informative presentations are the most common type of presentation speaking.

All of the following statements describe a common heuristic believed by many people except

Your textbook recommends all of the following strategies for telling a story except

The primary goal of explanatory communication is to deepen audience understanding about a topic area.

Audience demographics include characteristics such as age, political affiliation, religion, career goals, gender, and military experience.

"You should learn all the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventions of heart disease" is a good example of a presentation's purpose statement.

Unless you have a good, strategic reason for saying "I'm going to talk about . . . ," or "My speech is about . . ." avoid using this phrase as the opening of a presentation.

All of the following recommendations will help you place your key ideas in the best strategic order except

Psychological Reactance Theory recommends all of the following strategies as ways to avoid a negative reaction to a persuasive presentation except

A preliminary outline only includes the body of a presentation; the introduction and conclusion are written later.

The more credibility a speaker earns, the more likely the speaker's purpose will be achieved.

What type of supporting material is used in the following example? "Horsepower is a unit for measuring the power of engines that is roughly equal to 746 watts or 33,000 foot-pounds per minute."