Skills for the Informative Presenter Defining: The presenter reveals their intended meaning ofa term, especially if the term is technical, scientific, controversial, or not commonly used. Describing: Describing evokes the meaning of a person, a place, and object, or an experience by telling about its size, weight, color, texture, smell, or your feelings about it. It relies on your abilities to use precise, accurate, specific, and concrete language to make your audience vividly aware. Explaining: Explaining reveals how something works, why something occurred, or how something should be evaluated. You may explain a social, political, or economic issue; you may explain a historical event; you may explain a variety of theories, principles, or laws; or you may explain by offering a critical appraisal. Demonstrating: Demonstrating is showing the audience an object, a person, or a place; showing the audience how something works; showing the audience how to do something; or showing the audience why something occurs. 16