Answer to Question #261773 in English for Jen

Question

Consider this sentence: Our economic system is corrupt. Which type of proposition is this?

a. proposition of fact

b. proposition of policy

c. proposition of attitude

d. proposition of value

Consider this sentence: All restaurant managers must have previous experience as a food server. Which type of proposition is this?

a. proposition of fact

b. proposition of attitude

c. proposition of policy

d. proposition of value

What is Monroe’s Motivated Sequence?

a. It is a framework tailored to propositions of facts.

b. It is a way for speakers to arrange their speech in a way that increases the effectiveness of persuasion.

c. It is a three-phase model for a speaker’s process of persuasion.

d. It is a way to move from propositions of fact, to propositions of value, to propositions of policy.

Answer 1

1. a. proposition of fact

2. c. proposition of policy

3. b. It is a way for speakers to arrange their speech in a way that increases the effectiveness of persuasion.