Presentation Skills Vocabulary

noun a specific detail or idea that is central to a topic or argument

• The main point of the presentation was to highlight the financial projections for the upcoming quarter.
• So basically, the main point of the meeting was to talk about our sales goals.
• The main point of the discussion was to figure out who's bringing the snacks to the party.
• In the novel, the main point of the story is to emphasize the importance of family bonds.

noun a word that functions as the name of a specific object, person, place, or concept

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adverb a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• I would like to point out that there are several errors in the report.
• Just wanted to point out that the meeting has been rescheduled.
• I gotta point out that the new restaurant in town is lit!
• She always knows how to point out the silver lining in every situation.

noun the recurrence of an action or event

• The teacher emphasized the importance of repetition in learning a new language.
• If you want to get better at playing the piano, you just gotta keep practicing over and over.
• Dude, stop with the repetition, I already heard that story a million times.
• Life is like a never-ending repetition of days, each one blending into the next.

verb a word used to describe an action or state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

• During the presentation, the speaker decided to go off script and speak from the heart.
• I love it when comedians go off script and start improvising on stage.
• The actor totally went off script and started ad-libbing in that scene.
• When things started going wrong, I had to go off script and come up with a new plan.