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Presentation Skills
100
Ailurophile
What is a lover of cats?
100
The magazine, while visually appealing and somewhat informative, may not necessarily be the best option for spreading awareness.
What is somewhat?
100
...the calculations of statistical testing.
What is the Results?
100
As the results of statistical testing were insignificant, my hypothesis was disproved and the experiment was a miserable failure.
What are insignificant, my, disproved, miserable, and failure.
100
This is the first thing you do when a Symposium judge approaches you.
What is shake her hand?
200
Unable to be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced.
What is indelible?
200
15 people participated in this study. In future experiments, a greater sample size would be used to generate better results.
What are people and better?
200
...surveys given to human participants?
What is an Appendix?
200
I would like to thank my mentor Finely for letting me do this project, Jeremey Swist for helping me write my paper, Crystal Coutier for getting me everything I needed, James Brophy for offering helpful suggestions, and Kelly Illseman for always being there for me.
What are Finely (Finley), Jeremey (Jeremy), Coutier (Cloutier), and Illseman (Ilseman)?
200
According to Julian Treasure, HAIL is an acronym for this.
What is Honesty, Authenticity, Integrity and Love?
300
A government with two rulers/heads of state.
What is a dyarchy?
300
The development of robots has a fascinating history, as you can surely see in Figure 1, a diagram of the first automaton made by the Greek scientist Archytas.
What are fascinating, you and surely? The development of robots traces back to around 400 BCE with the first automaton (Figure 1) made by the Greek scientist Archytas.
300
...a comparison of your experimental design to prior and relevant studies.
What is the Introduction?
300
A study was conducted by Jacobacci et al in response to a lot of paranormal activity reported on Seguin Island. (Jacobacci et al, 2014)
What is et al et al and a lot? A study was conducted by Jacobacci et al. (2014) in response to multiple reports of paranormal activity on Seguin Island.
300
Julian's metaphorical "toolbox" of presentation skills included register, timbre, pace, prosody, volume and this aspect of the human voice.
What is pitch?
400
(of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) to become less intense or widespread.
What is abate?
400
Civil engineering includes things like designing and building roads and bridges, but most importantly strives for the best use of resources that are often paid for by our precious tax dollars.
What is things, like, best, our, precious. Civil engineering includes activities such as designing and building roads and bridges, but most importantly strives for the most efficient use of resources that are often paid for by tax revenues.
400
...personal pronouns.
What are the Acknowledgments and Autobiography?
400
Despite the multitude of possible factors that may be effecting this experiment, the results of this investigation should be reliable.
What is effecting (affecting), may be? Despite the multitude of possible factors that may have affected this experiment, the results of this investigation should be reliable.
400
Aristotle wrote the first textbook on this, the science of public speaking.
What is Rhetoric?
500
Characterizing a chemical element that may exist in multiple forms.
What is allotropic?
500
Looking at the results, there is an obvious correlation between ice cream sales and crime rate in Boothbay Harbor. Fortunately, this very strong correlation doesn't imply causation.
What is obvious, Fortunately and doesn't?
500
...the purpose of your investigation summed up in a single phrase?
What is the Title?
500
Touch tanks are shallow, see-through aquariums that may include: fish or small crustaceans such as horseshoe crabs, lobsters, and starfish, they provide opportunities for children to learn about aquaculture through a hands-on experience.
What is an unnecessary colon and a comma splice?
500
Julian's 7 deadly sins of conversation that keep people from listening include Gossip, Judging, Negativity, Excuses, Complaining, Lying and this, which conflates facts and opinions.
What is Dogmatism?