1. (4)(E): “use information effectively to support and clarify points in presentations.”

2.  Student will be able to use information effectively to support and clarify points in presentation.

3. Supporting Presentations & Preparing for Presentations

4.  Logical Proof: verifiable information that supports a point  Ethical Proof: information that builds a speaker’s credibility on a topic  Pathetic Proof: material that gives emotional appeal to a presentation

5. Statistic: an item of information that represents numerical data. Specific Instance: an account of an actual event or occurrence. Testimony: direct quotation or a summary of a quotation.

6.  Is information that extends or clarifies an idea for an audience or both.  Descriptions  Comparisons  Contrasts  Examples

7.  Clarity  Interest  Retention  Professionalism  Presenter Support

8. 1. Similes: compare 2 things (like/as) 2. Metaphor: does not use like or as(ex: her hands were ice cubes) 3. Personification: give inanimate things human characteristics (“The wind whispered through the trees”) 4. Rhythm: the up & down, high & low series of emphases in speech. All speech has rhythm, and each language has its own particular rhythm

9. 5. Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)  6. Rhetorical Questions: a question asked for effect, not to be answered.  "Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do 'practice'?" (George Carlin)

10. 7. Parallelism: words and phrases are similar in length and structure. "Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude." (Jesse Jackson)

11. 8. Antithesis: pairing opposite words or ideas together. (sink or swim)

12.  Delivered with the full text in front of the presenter

13.  Presentation that is thoroughly prepared and rehearsed in advance and given with the use of notes.

14.  Presentation for which there is little or no time for advance preparation.

15.  Known as “stage fright”  Fear or nervousness associated with making a presentation  Cheeks flushed  Heart racing  Feel faint  Sick to your stomach  Hands sweaty