Providing handouts to the audience before a presentation is not advisable because A. you will give away the main points of your presentation. B. the audience will be distracted reading and you will lose attention. C. the audience can simply read the handout and will not need to listen. D. they are too time-consuming to produce. Solution A) c. the audience can simply read the handout and will not need to listen. Providing handouts to the audience before a presentation is not advisable because the audience can simply read the handout and will not need to listen. If you are giving handouts means they will read and then there is no need for any kind of presentation..