Exam 13: Creating Captivating Presentations

Asking the audience to actively participate in a presentation keeps them alert and interested.

Persuasive presentations seek to change audience opinions (Example: Vegetarian diets are good for your body and good for the planet) and audience behavior (Example: Stop eating red meat.

In the textbook's Story-Building Chart, character development should come before the climax of the story.

An important first step when choosing persuasive strategies is to

In general, using yourself as the object of humor will severely damage your credibility,

If most audience members represent a high-power-distance culture, you can ask them to challenge authority and make independent decisions.

A persuasive presentation is not appropriate for an audience that already agrees with you.

Heuristics are true statements believed by most people.

Which method of concluding a presentation is used in the following example? "I've identified some of the enduring causes of gender inequality in collegiate athletics. I've also described the personal and long-range effects of this discrimination. And finally, I proposed several solutions to help break the remaining barriers of sports prejudice."

The audience determines a speaker's ethos.

What kind of supporting material is used in the following example: "The Biltmore Mansion is the largest private residence in the United States."

In two national surveys-one administered to working professionals and the other to college students taking a communication course-all of the following answers were identified as important top-ten speaking skills by both groups except

As a first step in persuading others, your textbook recommends classifying audience attitudes in terms of whether they agree or disagree with you, or whether they are undecided.

Organizing and outlining a presentation are different terms for the same strategy.

According to Aristotle, "a speaker's ________ may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion he possesses."

If you were making a presentation comparing the Vietnam War to the War in Iraq, which of the following demographic factors would be most important when analyzing what your audience knows and thinks about this topic?

Once you have determined your presentation's purpose, writing the content should be the next step.

The Speech Framer helps you make sure that every key point has supporting material to back it up.

What question can help you determine the purpose of a presentation?

In two national surveys-one administered to working professionals and the other to college students taking a communication course-what speaking skill was identified by both groups as the most important for effective presentations?