In preparing a speech to her company's board about the most comprehensive professional liability plans, Alessandra realizes that she is spending most of her time discussing her second and third points and very little time discussing her first point. Which of the following actions should Alessandra take?
A) Delete the first point and only have two main points.
B) Spend different amounts of time on each main point.
C) Add more main points to even out the time distribution.
D) Combine all her ideas into one main point.
E) Broaden her topic and thesis so to enable her to spend more time on her first main point.

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Main points should be equally important. This means you should give all of them approximately the same amount of time. In this case, the best action for Alessandra to take is to drop the first point. Expanding her topic and thesis is likely to weaken her presentation. The same is true of adding additional main points or consolidating all of her ideas into a single main point.

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