Creating a Multimedia Presentation

Creating a Multimedia Presentation

Objective: I can evaluate how a speaker considers audience, topic, and purpose

Open Ended

How can ideas be presented effectively?

Multiple Choice

Brooke has been asked to present on the topic below.

Persuade students to participate in the annual seventh-grade Fun Run.

What would be the most effective claim for this presentation?

• Join in the Fun Run to help a good cause, make friends, and get healthy.

• If seventy-five percent of the seventh-grade runs, we will earn money for gym equipment.

• Students at Sandburg Middle School held a Fun Run last September.

• Studies show that students who exercise perform well in classwork.

Multiple Choice

When giving an informal presentation, speakers can best prepare by

• dressing in a new suit with a fresh haircut.

• creating graphs and maps to show.

• adding scientific language to the speech.

• finding a humorous story to use in the opening.

Multiple Choice

Using multimedia appeals to an audience using logic, emotion, and

• trust

• time

• data

• facts

Multiple Choice

When giving a multimedia presentation, students should mostly appeal to an audience’s

• emotion

• logic

• feeling

• trust

Multiple Choice

Mason is preparing a presentation for the school board about the need for new computers in the media center. Which tone is most appropriate for this purpose?

• a formal tone, because his purpose is to persuade his audience

• a formal tone, because his purpose is to educate his audience

• an informal tone, because his purpose is to entertain his audience

• an informal tone, because his purpose is to understand his audience

Multiple Choice

Rubio has prepared a multimedia presentation about training for a swim meet. It is meant to encourage young children to join the swim team. How can Rubio best adjust his presentation for an audience of parents and teachers?

• Rubio can include a video clip of different swim strokes and instructions for how to teach those strokes to beginning swimmers.

• Rubio can include pictures of famous swimmers and their fastest speeds in competitive races.

• Rubio can include an audio clip of an interview with a doctor who recommends swimming as excellent exercise.

• Rubio can include a map and driving directions to the indoor pool the swim club uses.

Multiple Choice

Claire has prepared a multimedia presentation about raising chickens. It is meant to entertain her audience with funny stories about her pets. How can Claire best adjust her presentation for an audience of community leaders to persuade them to approve backyard chicken coops?

• Claire can add a slideshow featuring pictures of her chickens set to energetic music.

• Claire can add a graphic organizer showing different types of chickens and their eggs.

• Claire can add a humorous video of her chickens chasing a squirrel in the backyard.

• Claire can add a video clip of a trusted public official who recommends raising chickens.

Multiple Choice

Emily is preparing a presentation to teach elementary students about safe swimming. Which tone is most appropriate for this purpose?

• a formal tone, because her purpose is to frighten young children

• a formal tone, because her purpose is to educate parents and teachers

• an informal tone, because her purpose is to inform young children

• an informal tone, because her purpose is to entertain parents and teachers

Multiple Choice

Aidan is preparing a presentation on the dangers of distracted driving. Which tone is most appropriate for the audience of students in his high school?

• a formal tone, because his purpose is to impress the audience

• a formal tone, because his purpose is to inform the audience

• an informal tone, because his purpose is to entertain the audience

• an informal tone, because his purpose is to inspire the audience

Multiple Choice

Erin is preparing a presentation about the need for bicycle helmets. Which use of multimedia would best help Erin connect to the emotions of her audience?

• a graph showing the number of people saved by bicycle helmets

• a slideshow featuring a variety of bicycle helmets in different styles

• world maps pointing out the countries where bicycle helmets are made

• video footage of a child who was saved by wearing a bicycle helmet

Multiple Choice

Beth is preparing a presentation about Pablo Picasso’s art. Which use of multimedia would best help Beth connect to the emotions of her audience?

• a graph displaying Picasso’s most famous pieces and their monetary value

• a map showing the places Picasso lived, worked, and painted in his life

• a slideshow featuring Picasso’s artwork accompanied by stirring music

• a text of Picasso’s autobiography alongside a picture of his self-portrait

Multiple Choice

Which best explains what multimedia presentations use?

• an engaging video or audio file.

• more than one form of communication.

• a single speaker making the argument.

• clearly printed graphics.

Multiple Choice

What is the best example of a strong conclusion in a presentation?

• Studies have shown that bottled water is not any safer than tap water in most communities. The FDA requires technicians to test all tap water before it is distributed.

• Another argument against bottled water is the waste that is produced in making and disposing of the plastic bottles. Distributing cases of water creates pollution and traffic.

• Drinking tap water instead of bottled water is a simple thing. It is inexpensive, saves the environment, and tastes great. Why buy bottles? Fill your glass at the tap and enjoy!

• Do you think you can taste the difference between expensive bottled water and the water that comes from your tap? We took a poll of students here in our school. Here are the results.

Multiple Choice

What is the best example of a strong hook in a presentation?

• Would you like to learn how to keep at least five extra dollars a day? Today I will show you how switching from bottled water to tap water will allow you to keep money in your pocket and save the environment.

• The Safe Drinking Water Act was the first government regulation of public drinking water in 1974, giving oversight to the Environmental Protection Agency.

• Tap water offers many benefits to the public. One of these is fluoride. Many cities and towns choose to add fluoride to the drinking water for free dental benefits.

• Bottled water is not necessarily safer than tap water. More government agencies inspect tap water than they do bottled water. Also bottled water is very expensive and wasteful.

Multiple Choice

The closing of a presentation should

• call the audience to action and leave them thinking.

• give in-depth reasons for supporting the claim.

• share a story to prepare the audience to listen.

• hook the audience and quickly capture their attention.

Multiple Choice

In order for a presentation to be strong, it must

• be purely entertaining.

• have a very loose structure.

• clearly convey its purpose.

• contain only facts and data.

Multiple Choice

In order for a presentation to be strong, it must

• be purely entertaining.

• have a very loose structure.

• clearly convey its purpose.

• contain only facts and data.