According to Your Textbook, When Reasoning from Specific Instances in a Persuasive

question 174

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, when reasoning from specific instances in a persuasive speech, it is particularly important to

• A) cite specific instances that are familiar to your audience.
• B) use a bar graph to make the instances more vivid to your listeners.
• C) reinforce the specific instances with statistics and testimony.
• D) use a hypothetical example to relate the specific instances to the audience.
• E) take care that the specific instances being compared are essentially alike.

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Definitions:

Best Practice

A method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to any alternatives because it produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means.

Performance Target

A specific goal assigned to a business, department, team, or individual, usually quantifiable, that aims to achieve a defined standard of performance.

Critical Success Factors

Essential elements or conditions that must be met for a project, venture, or business to achieve its objectives.

Performance Measurement

The process of evaluating and assessing an individual's or organization's work or performance against predefined objectives or standards.