Exam 13: Creating Captivating Presentations

According to your textbook, deciding what to say and choosing a topic for your presentation is the most important decision you should make as you begin the process of preparing a presentation.

What type of supporting material is used in the following example? "The newly upgraded Montpelier Plantation Inn on the Caribbean island of Nevis, sits on the massive shoulder of Nevis Peak, 750 feet above sea level. Guests live in beautiful, self-contained cottages dotting a grassy hillside, and have air conditioning and four-poster beds."

Aristotle's term for emotional proof is

What type of supporting material is used when advertisers present celebrity endorsements of a product?

According to your textbook, a speaker's character is the most important component of speaker credibility.

Which of the following goals represents the purpose of audience analysis?

A value step should be included in all informative presentations.

Logos is a form of proof that uses traditional stories, sayings, and symbols to persuade.

Conclusions should be funny, mystifying, and prolonged.

According to your textbook, __________ may be the most important in terms of enhancing a speaker's credibility.

Which of the following traits characterizes a speaker's charisma?

The concept of speaker credibility is

In Rhetoric, Aristotle claims that the speaker's personal character may be the most effective means of persuasion the speaker has.

Walter Fisher's Narrative Theory claims that stories have two essential qualities: character development and a high point or climax.

Regardless of the type, stories should have a point that directly relates to your purpose.

When documenting the sources of your supporting material in a presentation, an oral footnote should include all of the following pieces of information except

A speaker has been given 24 hours to prepare a presentation to long-term coworkers on the features of a new database. Which of the following approaches would be the most effective way to begin her presentation?

According to Brehm's Psychological Reactance Theory, you can reduce the likelihood of a reactance response by avoiding strong, direct commands such as "don't," "stop," and "you must."

Your textbook presents an Audience's Bill of Rights that aligns with the seven key elements of effective communication. Which of the seven elements aligns with the following right? The right to have a presentation start and stop on time and to know, in advance, how much time it will take.

An effective purpose statement for a presentation has the following characteristics: