Question

Read this excerpt from a speech.

As you enter middle school, you are faced with a number of challenging decisions. You will be treated differently than you were in elementary school, and your academic courses will be more challenging. You are fortunate to have a voice in the selection of your elective classes. If you choose to incorporate the arts, you will be richly rewarded and enlightened. Our school offers chorus, band, orchestra, and art for incoming students.

What line reveals the speaker’s efforts to persuade?

As you enter middle school, you are faced with a number of challenging decisions.
You are fortunate to have a voice in the selection of your elective classes.
If you choose to incorporate the arts, you will be richly rewarded and enlightened.
Our school offers chorus, band, orchestra, and art 6 for incoming students.

Answer 1

The line that reveals the speaker’s efforts to persuade is: **"If you choose to incorporate the arts, you will be richly rewarded and enlightened."** This statement appeals to the audience's emotions and suggests a positive outcome from choosing the arts, which is a persuasive tactic.