T/F
What's Wrong?
Correct Usage
Vocab
Coms Questionnaire
100

The audience experiences speeches through all 5 senses.

True

100

What are 3 things wrong with this slide?

Font, slide background, Font color, the picture, etc

100

When should you use a bar graph?

When showing the differences between quantities. (Demographics or costs)

100

Low-Tech Presentation aid

These presentation aids are physical forms or aids that don't utilize technology. 

100

What happens when your phone goes off in class?

You have to bring in food next class

200

As long as the speaker has good delivery, presentation aids do not matter. 

False

200

For an assignment sally had to do a 10-minute speech. In her speech she spoke for 3 minutes, then played a 6-minute video, followed by a 1-minute conclusion. 

What was wrong with her speech?

Videos should be presentation aids and not the presentation itself.

200

In Anatomy, when examining body parts what visual should the teacher use?

A) Diagram

B) Chart

C) Graph

A

200

Presentation aid

They improve the audiences understanding, memory, retention, and increase the speaker's credibility.

200

What is our room number?

301

300

There is never a good reason to use a dry-erase board in your speech.

False 

300

What are 5 things wrong with this slide?

Format: there is no structure among this slide.

Context: The pictures do not line up with the information presented.

Grammar: Spelling and punctuation mistakes.

Background: Is not pleasing

Font: 4-5 different font sizes

Answers can vary

300

What type of presentation aid would you use when comparing North and South Korea?

Any form of PowerPoint

300

7x7 Rule

There should be no more than 7 horizontal lines of wording and each of these lines should have no more than 7 words.

300

What is the most common name in this class?

Tommy

400

Consistency has an important role on the rhythm of your presentation.

True 

(Give one example of how to improve consistency in a presentation)

400

For a presentation aid, you decided to use a handout. When it was time for the handout, you had to go around and pass them out. During this you notice people start to go on their phones and talk to each other. What did you do wrong? How could you prevent this?

Passing out handouts in the middle of your presentation can ruin the flow.

In the future, see if you can enter the venue early and pass out the handouts before. This way, you do not lose anyone in the middle of the speech.

400

When should you use a graph and a chart?

Use a graph when wanting to look at trends overtime. Use a chart when looking at present data and predictions.

400

Rhythm

A consistency or flow of pace.

400

How many countries has our professor visited?

15

500

People and animals are both great physical presentation aids

False

Why?

500

What's wrong with this graph?

This graph has too much clutter. 

500

When should you use a decision tree?

When displaying a thought process. These charts typically branch out. An example of this would be sharing an idea, then having it branch off to advantages and disadvantages.

500

Tone (what creates it?)

The overall feel or mood of the presentation created by images, font, colors, etc.


500

A few weeks back, we had gone over types of listening. Following this chapter, we had an activity where our professor told a story to a student. This student had to repeat it to someone else. What was the name of the woman in the story?

Elizabeth Johnson