Question

rhetorical appeals • ethos: establishing your own credibility and the credibility of sources within a document. • pathos: appealing to the emotions of your audience through word choice. • logos: the use of logic and reasoning to strengthen your argument. hook/clincher • make sure you opened your essay with a strong hook that interests the reader. • make sure you closed your essay with a strong clincher that leaves an impact and evokes emotion within the reader. why is it important to know your audience? it changes your opinions it allows you to plagiarize it dictates your approach

Explanation:

Knowing your audience is important because it helps determine how you approach communicating (e.g., word choice for pathos, credible sources for ethos, logical structure for logos, and crafting hooks/clinchers). The other options are incorrect: knowing audience doesn't change opinions (it's about adapting to them) and plagiarism is unethical and not related to audience knowledge.

Answer:

it dictates your approach