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Oral assessment

Informative presentations

Persuasive speaking presentations

Topic or issue for your oral

Audience for your oral

Environment for your oral

Narrowing down your topic

Researching the topic

Setting up the orals structure

Persuasive oral structure

Statement and supporting evidence

Pros and cons

Problem and solution

The Monroe motivated sequence

Attention

Need

Satisfaction

Visualisation

Action

Informative oral structure

Chronological

Topical breakdown

Examples

Choosing a delivery mode

Rehearsing

Number your palm cards

Visual aids

Presentation props

Anticipate questions

Practice runs

Voice

Volume

Clarity

Speed

Pauses

Inflection

Umms Ahhs Errs Hmmms Y know Y get me

Variety

Swearing

Nonverbal communication

Eye contact

Facial expressions

Posture

Hair

Clothes

Hands and arms

Position

Movement

Inflection

It took me a while to learn what inflection actually is - and then I realised I’d been doing it anyway, I just hadn’t learnt the exact term for it. In the context of an oral presentation, inflection is all about varying the pitch or tone of your voice. If you didn’t use any inflection in your presentation, then you’d be speaking in a boring, monotone voice (mono = one). Appropriate inflection on certain words in your oral can help communicate emotions or your attitudes to what you’re talking about.

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