A speaker suddenly realizes that he is facing an audience that views his thesis unfavorably. He should adapt by

a. targeting the differences and working to reverse them.
b. starting with areas of disagreement and moving to areas of agreement.
c. avoiding any discussion of misunderstandings or misapprehensions.
d. building on commonalities and similarities.

d

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A. ethos. B: pathos. C. logos. D. post hoc.

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Jessica argued that in Europe, teenagers are allowed to drink, and alcohol abuse among

teenagers is lower than in the United States, therefore, lowering the drinking age would decrease alcohol abuse among teenagers in the United States. This is what type of reasoning? A) non-sequitur B) deductive C) analogy D) bandwagon

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