2. An Introduction

3. Meet the Kids
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Lily Lloyd

4. One day, Lily and Lloyd were asked to
create PowerPoint presentations for
their Senior Thesis papers.
Their approaches
were very different.
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5. Title Slides

6. Title Slides
• Lily began with a title slide that contains a
title, her name, and the date.
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7. Title Slides
• Lloyd didn’t have one. His PowerPoint began
with a random slide about his topic.
Poor Lloyd!
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8. Beginnings

9. Beginnings
• Lily had
– a slide dedicated to her thesis statement
– a slide outlining the content of her senior thesis
presentation
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10. Beginnings
• Lloyd had an example that made no sense
because he hadn’t introduced his main point.
Everyone in
the audience
Poor Lloyd! looked like
this:
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11. Slide Construction
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12. Slide Construction
• Lily
– put the topic at the top of her slide
– bulleted her text and supplemented with her speech.
– used a font large enough to read
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13. Slide Construction
• Lloyd Poor Lloyd!
– forgot his title.
– put way too much text on one slide (and read
from it).
– used a small font.
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14. Visual Appeal

15. Visual Appeal
• Lily
– enhanced her presentation with relevant pictures
• Cited with a URL
– picked a professional design
– used an plain light color for her background and a dark
color for her text
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16. Visual Appeal
• Lloyd
– either had too many pictures and no pictures at all.
• And (boo!) he forgot to cite his pictures.
– picked a style that distracted from his topic.
– used light text and a dark, patterned background
Poor Lloyd!
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17. Wrap-Up

18. Wrap-Up
• At the end of her presentation, Lily
summarized her main points and reminded
her audience of her thesis statement.
• She even asked for questions.
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19. Wrap-Up
• Lloyd’s last slide read, “The End.”
Poor Lloyd!
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20. Works Cited Slides

21. Works Cited Slides
• Lily cited her sources using MLA format.
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22. Works Cited Slides
• Lloyd’s last slide read, “The End.”
Poor Lloyd!
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23. The Moral of the Story

24. Which PowerPoint Puppy Do You Want
to Be?
Poor
Lloyd!
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Lily Lloyd
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