As a Persuasive Writer, You Should Practice All of the Following

question 94

Multiple Choice

As a persuasive writer, you should practice all of the following except

• A)showing that you are truthful, experienced, and knowledgeable.
• B)offering a bribe or kickback to ensure that you win over your audience.
• C)anticipating opposition from conflicting beliefs, values, and attitudes and being prepared to counter with well-reasoned arguments and facts.
• D)incorporating statistics, reasons, and analogies and then converting these facts into specific audience benefits.

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Definitions:

Traits

Characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that are relatively stable over time and across situations, distinguishing one person from another.

Social Allergy Effect

A phenomenon where repeated exposure to a small irritating behavior in a close relationship leads to an increasingly larger annoyance or distress.

Annoyed

Feeling bothered, irritated, or displeased.

Nail Biting

A common nervous habit where an individual bites their fingernails or the surrounding skin, often a response to stress or anxiety.