Chapter 13
Presentational Aids
Multiple Choice Questions
1. _______ have become important enough to public speaking that they are essentially a form
of supporting material.
2. Presentational aids _______
3. Santos is using a YouTube video clip of a political debate in his speech. He is using a(n)
_______
4. Taren is giving a presentation on Japanese culture. Rather than just showing pictures of Japan
and its people, she has shared samples of authentic Japanese cuisine with the audience. She is
utilizing a(n) _______
5. When designing a PowerPoint presentation you should _______
6. Sheng wants to show the chain of command within the organization she is discussing. She
wants to include hierarchy, who communicates with whom, and relationships between roles.
This could be demonstrated best by using _______
7. How does a speaker benefit from using a visual aid?
8. Showing the class the type of baseball used for little league teams is a type of visual aid
known as _______
9. Harrison wants to show a human brain for his speech, but using an actual brain is impractical,
difficult to obtain, and a biohazard. The most similar alternative is
_______
10. If you wanted to show the amount of money spent on defense for six different countries,
which type of visual aid would probably be best?
11. If you wanted to show the way a university budget was distributed, which type of visual aid
would probably be best?
12. Daria wants to show her audience where the kidneys, bladder, and liver are in the body. To
do this most effectively she should use _______
13. Well-developed and well-presented computer-mediated visual aids greatly enhance _______
14. A flipchart is _______
15. Whiteboard and chalkboards are unique from the other performance aids discussed in the
chapter because _______
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16. Chalkboards are appropriate for use _______
17. The problem with handouts is that they _______
18. The number of presentational aids used should be limited because _______
19. One guideline for the effective use of presentational aids in a speech is _______
20. June is giving a speech on bird calls. What presentation could June use to help her audience
understand three different types of bird calls?
21. To create effective presentational aids, you should be sure that _______
True/False Questions
1. Choosing a presentational aid should be part of your beginning research for a speech.
2. Using a presentational aid will help make your information clearer to your audience.
3. Using yourself as a visual aid can be your own best visual aid on certain occasions.
4. Many novice speakers overuse computer-mediated presentations and allow the visual to
become the show and not simply an aid.
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5. When it comes to handouts, the more information the better.
Essay Questions
1. You are ready to give a speech, and you can’t wait to show off your computer slideshow.
However, when you arrive in the classroom, you discover the computer you were planning to
use in class to show your slideshow is broken and you can’t use it. What could you have done
to prevent this scenario? Discuss two other presentational aids you could still include in your
speech. Compare and contrast the pros and cons of these alternative presentational aids with
the benefits and drawbacks of computer-mediated technology.
2. What are some of the disadvantages of passing presentational aids around to all audience
members? What are two alternatives to passing around presentational aids?
3. You are giving a speech about Hurricane Katrina. Give an example of how you could
effectively use each of these in a speech: (1) a bar graph, (2) a pie chart, (3) photographs,
(4) an audio recording. (You may use sample numbers to explain, if needed). Then explain
which of the four you would choose if you could only use one and why you would choose that
presentation aid.
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