Tina is a counselor at St. Martin High School. She is responsible for implementing the drug awareness campaign initiated by the school district. While giving an anti-drug speech to a group of students and teachers, she attempted to use what she believes is common teen slang. Rather than connecting with the audience, she appeared insincere because she did not consider _____

A) ?the connotations this language might have for the audience.
B) ?the appropriateness of jargon she used in the speech
C) ?the dialect commonly used by middle school students
D) ?that she might be misunderstood by the audience.

D