Ch 7 Flashcards

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What is the general purpose of a presentation?

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It’s broad goal: to inform to persuade or to commemorate or accept

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What are the characteristics of a good story?

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Realistic
Relevant and have value
Coherent
Interactive
Sustainable take-away lessons
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What is a sales presentation?

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An attempt to persuade clients or customers to purchase the product or service

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What is a proposal?

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It motivates action and commitment to ideas or behaviors

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What are briefings?

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Short structured informative overviews of highly specific or technical information

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What are team presentations? What are the two types?

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They may be persuasive or informative and they are different in some respects from the kinds of speeches you make as an individual, symposium & panel discussion

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What is a symposium?

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Public presentation in which several people deliver short planned speeches about some topic

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What is a panel discussion?

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Public presentation in which a moderator manages interaction among panel members about a particular topic

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What are the two things to analyze before preparing for a presentation?

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The audience and the speaking environment

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What is audience analysis?

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Systematic gathering of information about your intended audience

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What are experts?

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People who through education training or experience have special knowledge about a particular subject

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What is evidence?

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It’s made up of facts and experts opinions

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How can you build support for your ideas?

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  1. Establish your credibility as a speaker 2.consider the different types of support and 3. select only the best supporting material
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What are the three types of evidence?

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  1. Relevant evidence
  2. Recent evidence
  3. Credible evidence
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What are the two types of frameworks for organizing?

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Linear and configural

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What is a linear framework?

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Follows the straightforward pattern.

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What characterizes a configural framework?

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It requires more audience engagement. Speaker does not spell out his purpose and main points.

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What is a transition?

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A phrase that links one main point to another

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What is a signpost?

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A word or phrase that signals the organization of ideas indicating where a speaker is in the speech or highlighting an important idea