The text makes an analogy between a presenter preparing to deliver a presentation and an athlete preparing for an athletic performance. Which of the following best illustrates how this analogy could be applied to the process of a presenter performing audience analysis?
A)scouting out the other team to discover the kinds of pitches their pitcher throws
B)"trash talking" the opposition to diminish their confidence
C)taking illegal performance enhancing aids to artificially boost your performance
D)assessing the judges' preferences in order to tailor your figure skating performance to their tastes
E)sabotaging the other team's equipment to gain an unfair advantage

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D) Figure skating is a subjective sport in which performance is assessed based in large part on how well the judges respond to it. If a skater knows the specific preferences of a judge, he or she can tweak a performance to capitalize on this. Of the choices, this one comes closest to the experience of a speaker performing audience analysis. The speaker can emphasize or deemphasize certain aspects of his material depending on the audience's interests, needs, and biases.

The Text Makes an Analogy Between a Presenter Preparing to Deliver