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Symbolism Speaker introduction Voice: clarity, volume, tone, speed, enthusiasm, story telling style Physical mobility Text to… connections Rehearsing Use of footnotes Use of examples Read a realistic amount: too much = audience boredom eye contact with the audience use of visuals: purpose, organization, elaboration subtitle use metaphorical backgrounds proper pronunciation momentum/pacing humor; “black” humor as well as “positive” animation use: think of the purpose and effect repetition of backgrounds or other visuals for emphasis and to unite the beginning and end of the presentation titles: obvious or interpretive relationship to the background backgrounds: obvious vs interpretive facts: use of trivia, unusual, little known defining terms, places, people, events authenticity: in color, images, sounds, text

bright and colorful: may be used inversely to achieve the opposite effect use of rhetorical questions computer assistant/operator volunteerism of peers words usage: appeal to intellect, emotions use of summarizing, paraphrasing rather than reading from the screen or prepared duplicate text strive for uniqueness bibliography: format, multiple sources, focus on the most important/useful ignore distractions contradictory sentences monosyllabic tone/voice lack of detail/info unprepared broken sentences incomplete sentences

• verly long presentation
• ver emphasis of a fact

no introduction “mumble mouth” word repetition use of “um”, “ah” no visuals no backgrounds plagiarism

no body language no point explanation or clarification = confusion no rehearsal no or little eye contact playing/fidgeting with their notes laughing inappropriately using too informal language when speaking lack of movement lack of effective communication to the audience pacing- slow down or speed up

• bvious lack of effort

absence of footnotes bibliography- formatted properly use of correct subtitles presenter voice hardly audible slide timing and position reading from the ppt presentation long pauses hard to read- font/color use of sentence fragments and r-o’s body language: positive or a negative distraction boring proper pronunciation finish the sentence and the thought side tracking (getting off topic) facial expression false information avoid staring at the teacher

• perating the computer: by remote or by self

not being ready to present blocking the screen or projector when presenting a “fade out” ending- is it finished???? grammatical errors