If You Want Your Writing to Establish a Common Ground

question 14

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

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