List the goals of using presentation aids If using a picture of a nuclear reactor to describe how its specific components work, a speaker is using a presentation aid primarily to __________.

A. increase audience retention throughout the speech
B. increase the speaker's credibility
C. simplify a complex explanation
D. make a simple explanation more complex
E. none of these choices


Answer: C

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When you use slides created with PowerPoint or another presentation program in a speech, you should

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