Powerful

Techniques
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Presenting
Techniques
 Presenting Techniques
01 | Repeating 02 | A mantra 03 | Rhetorical
question

Repeat the same word over You can repeat a phrase or Using rhetorical questions
and over again during a a slogan like a mantra. is quite effective because
presentation.
they create expectation
and a feeling of dialogue.
 Presenting Techniques
04 | Rule of three 05 | Examples 06 | Contrast

Good presentations often Give real life examples or If you compare one thing
have lists with different examples that everybody
to another, you are
knows
words, three identical making a contrast
words, three phrases or
three sentences
 Task 2. Read the what presenters talk about useful
techniques for presenting and answer the following
questions.

1. Do you already use any techniques 1-6 in your presentations ?

2. Which new techniques would you be able to incorporate in
your presentations?
3. Would you find any of these techniques difficult to use ?
Task 4.
Highlight the words or phrase they repeated. Does the repetition add clarity
and impact to the statements?

Svitlana César’s
1.you are yes 1

2. drivers no 2. Whatever yes

3. are no 3.

4. 4.

5. to no 5.

6. big yes 6.
 TASK 6.
Write a rhetorical question that could go before each statement in
column A, and one that could go after each statement in column B.
A B
1. Are you looking for a job in China? 1. Do you think that we should take a
2. Do you think that we should hire rest ?
more engineers in Netherlands? 2. Need to increase internal security
3. Need a solution to examine immediately ?
problem? 3. Are you serious?
4. Haven’t you always longed for a 4. Surely you want increase market
external company for this project? share in Europe ?
5. What about the next step? 5. Do you really think that client hate
6. Don’t you want to go coffee shop it?
with me? 6. How should I know?
Task 7
Watch the following extracts from Svetlana's presentation and complete the lists of
three that she
uses.
1 Let’s start then. Let’s look at cycling first. Cycling
is ......................................................................
2 You, you my dear people make life of cyclists every day’s ...............................,
every day’s
............................, every day’s ...........................
3 You need to be even more careful.
I .........................................................................
4 that you ....................................., a tight schedule, that your
passengers ..........................................,
if you don’t overtake a slow cyclist, that you are .......................................................,
of cyclists
jumping the red light.
5 The only recommendation I can make and I insist on you following it
is: ........................................
Task 9. Compare the two things using the words suggested
A Ferrari faster than a Rolls Royce
A Ferrari more attractive than a Rolls Royce
A Rolls Royce more expensive than a Ferrari

A Vespa more slowly than a Harley Davidson

A Vespa easier to drive than a Harley Davidson
A Harley Davidson more beautiful than a Vespa

A Swatch cheaper than a Rolex

A Swatch smarter than a Rolex
A Swatch better for children than a Rolex
 Just slightly
Task 10 a little
Considerably
Match the two Much

words with the roughly virtually

same exactly
OPTION A: $90 OPTION B: $50 OPTION C: $45 OPTION D: $50
meaning, and 1. We recommend Option C as it is.…cheaper than Option A.
then use them
2. We recommend Option C as it is…….cheaper than Option B.
to complete
3. We recommend Option C as it is……..half the price of Option A
the sentences
4. We recommend Options B and C, which are very similar. They're….. the same .
1-4
slightly = a little

just = exactly

much = considerably.

roughly = virtually
1. We recommend Option C as it is JUST cheaper than Option A.

2. We recommend Option C as it is A LITTLE cheaper than Option B.

3. We recommend Option C as it is MUCH half the price of Option A

4. We recommend Options B and C, which are very similar. They're VIRTUALLY

the same .
TASK 11.Write the opposites of these words.
1. dark 7. live 13. day 17. old

2. strong 8. hot 14. good 18. love

3. right 9. start 15. success 19. early

4. fast 10. up 16. forbird 20. top

5. before 11. tall

6. truth 12. give

1. dark - light 7. live - die 13. day - night 17. old - new

2. strong - weak 8. hot - cold 14. good - bad 18. love - hate

3. right - wrong 9. start - finish 15. success - failure 19. early - late

4. fast - slow 10. up - down 16. forbird - allow 20. top - bottom

5. before - after 11. tall - short

6. truth - untruth 12. give - receive

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Thank you!