What Strategy Ought the Author to Use in Order to Persuade

question 13

Multiple Choice

What strategy ought the author to use in order to persuade a reasonable audience?

• A) presenting sound reasons and credible evidence for the author's claim
• B) offering desirable incentives for believing the author
• C) threatening retribution for failing to believe the author
• D) pretending that the author does not care what the audience believes
• E) presenting any reasons that might work, sound, or unsound

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