I read Jelo’s and Kate’s response
Jelo and I both talked a lot about simplicity in oral presentations and we used McCorkle’s example to show this. However, for our second point she talked about the use of silence while I talked about introductions and conclusions. We both had similar structure with two paragraphs for the two ideas we talked about. I like how she mentioned the importance of pauses and silence because I did not talk about it.
Kate and I both talked about strong introductions and conclusions, but we differed in our second point. I talked about simplicity in oral presentations and she talked about pauses and silence. We both used the same example of Juliana Chang’s presentation to explain introductions and conclusions. She talked about how silence gives the readers a chance to take it all in and this insight is very helpful.
Other features that are more specific than in a traditional essay are things like pauses. Technically speaking, you can pause in a written essay by leaving a space or a period. However, it is much stronger in an oral presentation because everyone can hear and take in the pause. Another thing that is more specific is making sentences shorter and less complex for the audience. An oral presentation is made to be understood by the audience. There is more focus on making the presentation easy to follow than in a traditional essay.
