Asad was giving an interesting speech about the earliest astronomical observatories-a subject he was very excited about-when he misidentified the founder of the Istanbul observatory. When he realized his mistake, he corrected it, but then he felt flustered and wasn't as confident for the rest of his speech. What advice from your textbook should Asad keep in mind?

A. Most of a speaker's nervousness isn't visible to the audience.
B. There is no such thing as a perfect speech.
C. Audiences focus more on a speaker's ideas than on details of his or her delivery.
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Both most of a speaker's nervousness isn't visible to the audience and there is no such thing as a perfect speech.


Answer: D

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