Question

Imagine you want to convince your parents that changing the high school start time from 7:10 am to 8:30 am would make their lives easier. Which appeal would most likely move this audience to support your cause

Answer 1

Changing to a later time provides some more time to sleep in during the morning. Students who are tired do not perform as well as students who are well-rested and ready to focus and learn. "Studies show that teenagers' bodies have a biological drive to stay awake fairly late at night, so early start times lead to a constantly overtired student population."

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) studies show that teenager's bodies have a biological drive to stay awake fairly late at night, so early start times lead to a constantly overtired student population.

The appeal you would most likely move this audience to support your cause is the mentioned above.

We are referring to a logos appeal, where we express serious, scientific, and valid reasons to support our argument. Not only opinions but reasons that are backed by any logical explanation. In this case, we are referring to medical studies.

The other two ways to appeal to an audience are pathos and ethos. Pathos is when we use emotions to appeal to our audience and Ethos is when we appeal to the reputation of the individual who is communicating the message.

The other options of the question were A) You probably don't remember how har is for young people to get up early, but I'm a teenager and I'm telling you, it's practically impossible. B) It frustrates my parents when I sleep through my alarm and have to ask them to drive me to school. This situation would not occur with a later start time. D) I consulted the records in the office and they show that 75% of the students at or school arrive late to at least one class in the last semester.