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No matter which major you select, oral presentations will be part of your academic career. Rather than being formal public speeches, classroom presentations are another type of presentational speaking; see p. 247 for a review.

Chapter 31–36 describe various course-specific presentations, from the scientific talk to the design review. This chapter contains guidelines for presentation formats frequently assigned in various courses across the curriculum, including the review of an academic article, the debate, the poster presentation, and the service learning presentation. Some of these assignments may require an online component; for more information about speaking online, see Chapter 26.