To capture the audience's attention and show that he cares and is addressing his speech toward them.
Well for starters cross out A) because everything doesn't have to be entertaining at the same time, cross out B) because its important to have evidence so people know its true, so its C) because showing evidence helps the audience know its correct.
By giving him a suprise party????..............
A metaphor is a piece of figurative language that compares two unlike things without using the terms "like" or "as". Off the bat, you can eliminate B and C, because they include these words. Option A is a piece of prose, it makes no comparisons.
The answer is D, because it compares the subject, "I" (most likely a person), to a rock (which is not a person).