Instructions: Each of the Following Sentences Tells What You Are

question 446

Multiple Choice

Instructions: Each of the following sentences tells what you are trying to persuade someone to do. Beneath each sentence are four reasons that attempt to convince this person that he or she should take this particular course of action. Select the letter of the reason that seems irrelevant, illogical, or untrue. If you wanted to persuade someone to join a particular club on campus, you might say that

• A) meetings are held in the mornings.
• B) membership would add a valuable extracurricular activity to his or her r sum .
• C) joining would provide opportunities to learn more about a topic of interest.
• D) club meetings will give him or her a chance to meet people and make new friends.

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Definitions:

Opposite Sex Parent

In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the parent of the opposite sex is considered significant in a child's psychosexual development and the formation of the Oedipus and Electra complexes.

Same-Sex Parent

A parent who is in a relationship or marriage with someone of the same gender and is raising children.

Optimistic Thinker

An individual who tends to maintain a positive outlook on life, expecting the best possible outcome in various situations.

Monitoring

The act of observing and checking the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time.