To Establish Your Credibility When Persuading a Hostile or Skeptical

question 38

Multiple Choice

To establish your credibility when persuading a hostile or skeptical audience, you should do all of the following EXCEPT ________.

• A) use jargon and technical terms
• B) name your sources
• C) establish common ground with the audience
• D) provide objective evidence for the claims and promises you make

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Definitions:

Air Pollutants

Substances in the air that can cause harm to humans and the environment.

Constant of Proportionality

A constant ratio in a directly proportional relationship between two quantities, where one quantity is a constant multiple of the other.

Square Root

A value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number; it is represented by √.

Directly Proportional

A relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease at the same rate.