Start by reading and following these instructions: 1. Quickly skim the questions or assignments below and the assignment rubric to help you focus. 2. Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and a

U se appropriate softw are to furnish an overview for a presentation or lecture and to give

visual inform ation and signposts to listeners. A udiences w ill be grateful to see the people

you are discussing, the key data points you are addressing, the m ovem ent of your

argum ent as it develops. B ut if you’ve w atched m any oral presentations, you’re sure to

have seen som e bad ones. Perhaps nothing is deadlier than a speaker w ho stands up and

just reads from each screen— and w e’ve all heard those jokes about “death by Pow erPoint.”