Delindus thought that he would be dramatic and impress his public speaking class with his

speech on air pollution. He decided to use mice in a closed jar to illustrate how air pollution is
slowly killing human beings.

But during the speech, he noticed that audience attention was on
the jar of mice, rather than on him as the speaker. What guideline did Delindus ignore, with
regard to using visual aids?
A) Use animals with caution as visual aids in a speech.
B) Do not use dangerous or illegal visual aids.
C) Time your visual aids to control your audience?s attention.
D) Remember Murphy?s Law.

A

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