Henry is very excited about his upcoming persuasive speech to convince his classmates to

donate blood. He organizes his speech so that his strongest arguments are first. Henry is
following __________ theory in his speech organization.

a. primacy
b. recency
c. logos
d. pathos
e. ethos


a

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