Chapter 9: Developing and Organizing the Presentation

Place the steps of the motivated sequence organizational plan in proper order from first to last

1. Attention: Capture the attention of the audience by presenting the problem in an interesting manner 2. Need: Explain the problem clearly and completely, with the aim of making your listeners feel that the problem affects them in some sort of way 3. Satisfaction: Present you solution, providing enough support to prove that it is workable and will solve the problem 4. Visualization: Paint a verbal picture for the audience of the positive things that will happen if your proposal is adopted 5. Action: Call for a response from your audience and explain what listeners can do to solve the problem

Topical

Arrangement in which points are grouped according to logical subject divisions or themes

Spatial

Arrangement in which points are presented based on their physical location

Chronological

Arrangement in which points are presented in order based on their occurrence in time

Cause-effect

Arrangement that demonstrates how a particular event or events have occurred as a result of particular circumstances

Problem-solving

Arrangement that presents an issue and offers a way to fix it

Comparative advantages

Arrangement that presents multiple alternatives and then demonstrates the superiority of the speaker's preferred option

Motivated sequence

Arrangement that strives to increase audience interest and involvement through a five-step plan

Transitions should occur in which of he following places?

Between the introduction and the body Between the body and the conclusion Between the main points within the body

The motivated sequence organizational plan is designed to

Boost the involvement and interest of the audience

A __________ pattern shows that certain events have happened or will happen as a result of certain circumstances.

Cause-effect

A _________ pattern arranges your points according to their sequence in time.

Chronological

Introduction

Consists of an attention getter, a thesis, and a preview

All points in your presentation should

Develop the thesis

If after brainstorming you find that you have more than 5 main points, which steps should you take?

Eliminate any points that do not develop the thesis Consolidate your points by putting related ones together Reduce the number of points to 5

Once you have developed your thesis statement, you are ready to start

Gathering research

When making a speech that is intended to be entertaining, goals might be to include

Getting listeners to relax Putting listeners in a jovial mood. Getting listeners to look forwards to coming events

Which of the following is not an accurate statement about time as it relates to making a presentation?

If you are given a certain amount of time to speak, you should take up that entire block of time.

Conclusion

Includes a review and closing statement

Through there are exceptions, the majority of business and professional presentations are __________ and involve a audience.

Informal Small

There are three types of general goals. Presentation that focus on increasing audience members' knowledge or helping them learn a particular skill are ___________ presentations. Presentations that focus on working to alter listeners' thoughts o actions are _________ presentations. Finally, presentation such as after-dinner speeches, that are primarily concerned with keeping audience members' interested and in a good mood are presentations to ________

Informative Persuasive Entertain

Inexperienced speakers usually try to plan by beginning with the ________, but the ______ is the best place to start organizing your talk

Introduction Body

Body

Made up of two to five main points

Which of the following two things should you accomplish in the conclusion of your presentation

Provide a sense of completion Review your thesis and key points

Brainstorming involves

Putting as many relevant ideas as possible down on paper Gathering ideas without trying to edit or narrow down your list

The seven most common and effective ways to begin a presentation include which of the following technique?

Referring to the occasion Referring to the audience

Sergei is giving a presentation about the spread of lethal hemorrhagic diseases in Africa. He decides to include a joke in his introduction. Which function of the introduction is he violating?

Setting the proper tone for the topic and setting

In order to determine your listener's attitudes, you can perform research in advance by doing which of the following?

Talking to them Doing online searches

Which of the following factors should you consider before you plan even one sentence of a presentation?

The audience Yourself as the speaker The occasion

A thesis statement is also known as

The central idea

An introduction consists of several parts, which include a(n)

Thesis statement Preview Attention getter

Which of the following are key questions you should ask in analyzing your audience?

Which demographic characteristics are significant? What size is the group? What are the listeners' attitudes?

You will likely bore or offend your audience in which of the following situations?

You present basic information to people who know a great deal about the subject. You present highly technical, specialized information to people unfamiliar with the subject

If you are assigned to make a presentation, the very first thing you should do is

analyze the situation in which you will be speaking

Research shows that one of the greatest assets a speaker can have is

sincerity

If claims are ________, they will probably pass the one-week-later test and be remembered by your listener.

stated in full, grammatical sentences