Turning away from the audience to look at slides can
A. make it hard for the audience to hear the speaker's words clearly.
B. be an effective way to get listeners to focus on the graphics.
C. make it seem like the speaker forgot where he or she was in the speech.
D. give audience members a chance to slip out of the room.
Answer: A
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