Vito is organizing his persuasive speech on bottled water. His first main point will cover the extensive amount of time it takes for a plastic water bottle to decompose in a landfill and how many millions of plastic water bottles are thrown away each year. Vito's second point will cover reusable water bottles or containers, how easy and inexpensive they are to use, and how their use will decrease plastic bottles in landfills. Vito has organized his speech using what pattern of organization?

A. refutational approach
B. problem-solving pattern
C. Monroe's motivated sequence
D. comparative advantage method


Answer: B

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