(5) Who are you trying to influence? (6) Sometimes your audience is defined ahead of time by the issue involved. (7) A letter
expressing your opinion on the subject of banning a certain book from your high school library would be addressed to the
local school board to try to influence the vote (8) Other times, you must select the audience for your persuasive writing. (9) If
you want to start a community service organization for students at your high school, you might consider writing to one or
more of the following: your school newspaper, student government officers, teachers, administrators, or community leaders.
(10) Your choice of audience will determine the type of information that you include in your writing and the persuasive
strategies that you use.
Which transition should be added to the beginning of Sentence (7) to clarify its meaning?
A)
At first,
Eventually,
By contrast
For example,