Describe different techniques that a sender may use to gain a receiver’s attention in a persuasive message. Give an example of a situation in which each of these techniques can be used effectively.
Techniques that may be used include
1. Mechanical devices (such as color, drawings, or a picture),
2. The receiver’s name in the sentence,
3. A rhetorical question,
4. Imagery,
5. A startling fact or statistic,
6. A quotation,
7. Interjections.