In order to identify which messages use the persuasive strategy of providing proof or documentation, we should carefully evaluate each message. Proof or documentation in this context means providing evidence or concrete information that supports the claim being made.
Let’s analyze each message one by one:
1. I am enclosing the receipt for the ream of paper that I purchased last week at your store.
- This message directly mentions enclosing a receipt, which is a form of documentation. It provides proof of the purchase made last week.
- This message clearly uses the strategy of providing proof or documentation.
2. Install this sprinkler system and your lawn will always look green and healthy, even if you don’t fertilize it.
- This message makes a claim about the benefits of installing a sprinkler system but does not provide any concrete proof or documentation to support the claim.
- This message does not use the strategy of providing proof or documentation.
3. If we install this solar panel, our company will save $200 per month and recover the cost within a year.
- This message provides a financial benefit but lacks concrete proof or documentation to support the savings and cost recovery claims.
- This message does not use the strategy of providing proof or documentation.
4. I suggest we offer a subsidized lunch one day per week at a 50 percent discount.
- This message makes a suggestion about offering a subsidized lunch but does not provide proof or documentation to support the suggestion.
- This message does not use the strategy of providing proof or documentation.
5. Our pest-eradication treatment will keep your home free of all pests for the next 10 years.
- This message assures the effectiveness of the pest-eradication treatment but does not provide any proof or documentation to back the claim.
- This message does not use the strategy of providing proof or documentation.
6. Here's a diagram that shows exactly how the proposed security device will work.
- This message refers to a diagram, which is a form of visual documentation that demonstrates the working of the proposed security device.
- This message clearly uses the strategy of providing proof or documentation.
Based on this analysis:
- The first message: I am enclosing the receipt for the ream of paper that I purchased last week at your store.
- The sixth message: Here's a diagram that shows exactly how the proposed security device will work.
These two messages use the persuasive strategy of providing proof or documentation.
Hence, the correct locations on the table are:
- Message 1
- Message 6
