Which statement best describes the role of body language in a presentation?
a) body language allows a presenter to pace in front of the audience to release tension.
b) body language allows a presenter to slouch casually at the podium to establish a rapport with the audience.
c) body language allows a presenter to gesture with zeal to entertain and amuse the audience.
d) body language allows a presenter to interact with visuals and convey enthusiasm for the topic.

D) Body language allows a presenter to interact with visuals and convey enthusiasm for the topic.

Body language during a presentation is very important. Slouching at the podium gives the presentation a more relaxed feel, which is not effective. The relaxed feeling makes it seem as though the presenter does not feel he is presenting something worth listening to. Pacing in front of an audience is also not effective. It makes the presenter seem nervous and exhausts the audience because they constantly have to turn their heads back and forth to stay focused on the speaker. Body language is also not meant to entertain or amuse the audience. If it does, it is distracting the audience from the speaker's purpose. Effective body language helps to further the purpose of the presentation and help communicate enthusiasm for the topic.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)