Review Question:

If an issue "hits close to home" and relates to the listener’s core personal values, then it is

probably best if you use:

 

Click here if you think this is the correct answer. an expert who is not similar at all to the listeners.
Click here if you think this is the correct answer. an expert who argues against his best interests.
Click here if you think this is the correct answer. an expert who is very similar to the listeners.
Click here if you think this is the correct answer. a nonexpert who argues against his best interests.
Click here if you think this is the correct answer. a nonexpert who is not similar at all to the listeners.

Thus, as you can see, factors such as expertise, similarity, trustworthiness, and neutrality

can greatly enhance the credibility of the speaker, and thereby increase

his or her persuasiveness.

 

You have now covered the "Indirect Route" of Persuasion.