If Your Reader Is Predisposed Against the Idea You Are

question 39

Multiple Choice

If your reader is predisposed against the idea you are promoting,you should do all of the following except

• A)provide sufficient objective,verifiable evidence about the topic.
• B)offer more supporting reasons than you would if the reader's attitude were neutral.
• C)use the direct organizational plan to show how the topic is relevant to the reader.
• D)analyze the reader's resistance so you can write a counterargument.
• E)use the "you" attitude to tailor the letter based on audience analysis.

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Definitions:

Perfect Substitutes

Goods that a consumer is completely indifferent between, meaning they will substitute one for another at a constant rate regardless of any change in price or utility.

Perfect Complements

Goods that are always used together in fixed proportions, where the utility or value of one item increases with use of the other.

Pareto Efficient

An allocation condition in resources where any attempt to favor one individual results in a disadvantage to another.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources from which it is impossible to reallocate without making at least one individual or preference criterion worse off.