Which two persuasive speech structures are most appropriate for an audience that doesn’t know much about the problem?

a) Monroe’s Motivated Sequence and the problem-solution structure
b) Monroe’s Motivated Sequence and the balance structure
c) the balance structure and the N-A-R structure
d) the N-A-R structure and the problem-solution structure


ANS: a

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