If You Want Your Writing to Establish a Common Ground

question 144

Multiple Choice

If you want your writing to establish a common ground with the reader and make your overall argument stronger,you should order your arguments from _____.

• A)positive to negative
• B)most important to least important
• C)least controversial to most controversial
• D)least important to most important
• E)negative to positive

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Definitions:

Acculturation

The process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group, especially by contact and interaction.

Diffusion of Responsibility

A sociopsychological phenomenon whereby a person is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when others are present.

Just-World Hypothesis

The belief that the world is fundamentally fair, leading people to rationalize an otherwise inexplicable injustice as deserved by the victim.

Deindividuation

A psychological state characterized by diminished self-consciousness, reduced concern over social evaluation, and weakened restraints against prohibited forms of behavior, often occurring in group settings.