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Purpose → organize → demonstrate → persuade
1. Which characteristics define a presentation and its main purposes?
2. Concerning the purposes and functions of presentations, select the accurate statements:
3. What should a speaker estimate when conducting audience analysis before preparing a presentation?
What is a presentation?
Organized information to demonstrate, illustrate, and explain a topic.
What are the three main purposes of presentations?
To inform, persuade, or entertain an audience.
What can a presentation involve to convince an audience?
Offering or displaying something.
What is one purpose of speaking in a presentation?
To inform or instruct.
What is a formal introduction in a presentation?
Introducing a person.
What must be estimated before preparing a presentation?
The audience's interests, knowledge, attitudes, gender, ages, size, and composition.
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