Visuals
Poise / Elocution I
Poise / Elocution II
Poise / Elocution III
Content
100
What is the purpose of a visual?
To reinforce and emphasize the speaker's most important points.
100
What is eye contact?
Eye contact is using your eyes to look at they eyes of every person in the audience.
100
What are gestures?
Gestures are hand and arm movements that communicate information to our audience, such as emphasis on important words and indication of visuals.
100
DAILY DOUBLE!! This question is worth DOUBLE POINTS! What is an organization indicator statement?
It is the "blueprint" sentence of the speech that tells the audience what you are going to tell them and in what order you will tell it.
100
What things should be present in a good introduction?
Hook, background, topic, organization indicator statement
200
What are some of the rules for good visuals?
Relevant images specific to the content; always cite our sources; use bullet points OR numbering; have very little text; only use phrases to support my words
200
Why should a person use eye contact?
This helps to communicate with the audience and keep them paying attention to your speech
200
What is nonverbal communication?
Nonverbal communication is body language. It "speaks" to the audience and communicates things without words.
200
Why should a person use an organization indicator statement?
This helps the audience follow the structure and organization of the speech better (and makes it much easier to take notes).
200
What things should a good conclusion have?
A summary of main points and a closing statement that leaves the audience with something to think about
300
How can I give power to my visuals?
Use relevant images and text; have text appear as necessary to support my words; use hand gestures to indicate the visuals, move up stage, move to the sides of the stage, turn my head and look at the visual
300
What is vocal expression?
Vocal expression is the amount of emotion a speaker has in his or her voice to communicate feeling to the audience. (This has NOTHING to do with volume.)
300
Give three examples of negative body language.
Crossing your arms over your chest, angry or unhappy facial expression, refusing to make eye contact
300
What are some bad physical habits we should try to avoid when giving a speech?
Putting hands in pockets, shifting from foot to foot, standing in one place, looking at the floor / walls / ceiling / PPT, turning our back to the audience
300
What are some things we should NEVER say in an academic speech?
Gender, Appearance, personal information
400
How can I take power away from my visual?
Move to any part of center stage, move forward toward the audience, keep my eyes and body facing the audience, ask the audience a question
400
Where is the proper place for pausing in a speech?
Anytime there would be a comma, dash, semi-colon, or period; after time phrases, noun phrases, prepositional phrases, or subordinate clauses
400
What things should a formal definition include?
the name of the term, its category, and its function / purpose / distinguishing characteristics
400
What are some ways I can check for audience understanding?
Does everybody understand? Is that clear? Are you following me? Are you with me? Do you have any questions so far? What are your questions for me?
400
What are some ways I can involve the audience in my speech?
Rhetorical questions, short stories, interesting facts, checking for understanding, humor
500
What are some ways I can make sure my visual doesn't have more power than me, the speaker?
Practice ahead of time with stage movements so I can be effective on stage; practice ahead of time with a partner so my partner knows when to move the slides; memorize the order of images or write them on my note cards; say "next slide" when I want my slides to move forward
500
Why do we reflect on our presentations?
We reflect to analyze our performances, to think deeply about our strengths and weaknesses, and to come up with solutions about how to improve in the future.
500
Why do we critique our classmates?
We critique our classmates (on comment sheets) to help them recognize strengths and weaknesses that they maybe didn't notice about their own performances.
500
When we critique our classmates, it is important to ______.
Be SPECIFIC and give very clear, detailed suggestions as to HOW a speaker can positively improve his or her performance.
500
What are the four major organization strategies, and what do they mean?
1) Spatial (top to bottom, left to right, front to back, etc.); 2) Order of Importance (starting with the least important and moving to the most, or vice versa); 3) General to Specific (common information to more detailed examples); 4) Logical (explaining what the audience needs to understand first, and moving forward from there)
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