4. The office memo read as follows: "There is a mandatory meeting at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday. The newest sales numbers will be cov
ered in detail, and then the appropriate promotions will be announced." What is the key idea of this passage? A. This meeting will discuss the business's success and who achieved the most. B. Getting promoted is traditionally done during the required business meetings. C. Sales numbers are often a very important element in a business's profits. D. Regular meetings tend to be held during the late afternoon in mid-week.
An office memo is usually written to remind employees of events, changes or new information made in the company.
This office memo clearly announces a meeting, its date and time as well as the topics that will be covered in it.
Sales numbers and its importance, regular meetings held in the afternoon in mid-week, and getting promoted during business meetings are not the key ideas of the memo, but what the meeting will discuss. This is the business's success (the newest sales items) and achieve the most (appropriate promotions).
The correct answer is "a technique used in writing or speaking that is intended to persuade". There are numerous ways of doing this, however the most famous is using the three rhetorical techniques used by Cicero, the ethos, logos, and pathos.
