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:

Deep Brain Stimulation

A neurosurgical procedure involving the implantation of a medical device called a brain pacemaker, which sends electrical impulses to specific parts of the brain.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from mental disorders.

Prefrontal Lobotomy

A surgical procedure once used to treat mental disorders, involving the removal or severing of connections to the prefrontal cortex of the brain, now largely discredited due to its severe side effects and ethical issues.

Psychodynamic Therapy

A therapeutic approach that emphasizes unconscious processes and past experiences in shaping current behavior.