Question

In this section, you’ll adapt your speech and use multimedia to customize your delivery of information for a specific situation.

Now that you’ve discovered how interesting it can be to read and view book recommendations, you decide that it would be fun to host an online presentation party with your friends who are avid readers like you. Here, everyone will create a presentation about a book they recommend and deliver it online. You know that creating presentations is an important job skill, so you’re excited to get started.

You begin creating your presentation and have decided to recommend a Gothic novel that you recently read. However, you want to be sure that it’s engaging and keeps the attention of your audience.

Which of the following methods would you use to create an engaging presentation for your audience?
Question 7 options:

Write your book review on notecards and memorize them so that you can repeat them word-for-word during the presentation.


Use an online graphic design website to develop a colorful slideshow that includes the main points of your book review.


Present your book review by talking to your audience without using any multimedia.


Download black-and-white PDF copies of an essay you wrote about the book and display it on your screen during the meeting.

Answer 1

Use an online graphic design website to develop a colorful slideshow that includes the main points of your book review.

Why: a well-designed slideshow supports your talk with visuals, short bullets, images or quotes, and keeps viewers’ attention without making you read dense text. Avoid memorizing and reciting word-for-word or showing a plain PDF — both feel stiff and boring.

Quick tips:
- Keep slides simple: one idea per slide, 3–5 bullets max.
- Use images, mood-setting colors, and a few short quotes from the book.
- Practice speaking from notes (not a script) so you sound natural.
- Engage the audience with a brief question or an intriguing hook at the start.