Features

1. PowerPoint presentations usually begin … a title slide that may contain the name or the topic … the presentation and sometimes will contain the name(s) … the presenter(s).

2. The title slide is followed … content slides that contain information usually … the form … text (often … the form … a bulleted list and sometimes graphics.

3. Examples … graphics that may be contained … a PowerPoint presentation include charts, graphs, diagrams, screenshots, photos, movies and animations.

4. A final slide or group … slides is sometimes included to wrap the presentation, … example "Conclusions," "References" or a slide … the text "Questions?".

VII. Find information on different types of presentations. Google information on punctuation marks http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ marks.htm and read it attentively. Put the necessary punctuation marks in the text given below (:, -,.,;). Translate the text and draw the table in which classify presentations according to the specific needs they are used and their purpose.

There are many different types of presentations that meet specific needs__ These are some examples__

Sales__Benefits, features, and reasons to buy__

Persuasion__Reasons to pursue a particular idea or path__

Status report__The progress of a project, a task force, or product sales__

Product demonstration__How something works__

Business plan or strategy__What to do next__ What are the goals of your business__

Sharing detailed information is not a good use of a presentation__ Audiences will not remember detail__ You can use a presentation to inform an audience about a major change or initiative__ but use written forms of communication for the detail__ Thus__ your purpose drives the type of presentation you choose__ You will also need to tailor your presentation to

the size of the audience (large__ medium__ small)__

the formality of the situation__

the regularity of the meeting (one-time__ occasional__ frequent)__

the time of the day and other particulars of the occasion__

VIII. Emphasis is the stress on any element of a sentence which is made with the help of intonation, repetition, syntactical position and other methods. With the help of emphatic constructions separate parts of a sentence are stressed, they influence into the expressive color of the whole sentence. Emphatic constructions are taken as those in opposition to neutral constructions.