After Roberto arrived at the podium,the first words of his speech were an apology for lack of preparation. Roberto's apology
A)is an example of a good attention-getter.
B) is something Roberto should have omitted.
C) should have been stated as a rhetorical question.
D)is exemplary of orienting an audience to a topic.

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Apologizing for lack of preparation immediately undermines the speaker's credibility and diminishes the audience's confidence in them. It is not an effective attention-getter or a way to orient the audience to the topic. It would have been best for Roberto to avoid making the apology altogether.

After Roberto Arrived at the Podium,the First Words of His