Dr. Canne wants to encourage Kirk to lose weight. He tells Kirk, "If you don't start working out soon, you are going to die young and leave your children without a father!" Dr. Canne is using a(n) ____

a. prime
b. script
c. gain-framed appeal
d. loss-framed appeal


D

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