Answer: "Whom" is the word that fills in the blank: "The award for excellence in architectural design will go to the architech WHOM the committee selects". The antecedent is "architect".
Explanation: "Whom" is a relative pronoun used to introduce an adjective clause, that is to say a dependent clause which is included in a sentence to give more information about the antecedent. Moreover, "whom" refers to an object of the verb or the preposition. In the sentence provided, <u>"whom" is the word that fills in the blank because it is acting as the direct object of the clause ("whom" can be replaced with "him" or "her"). </u>Furthermore,<u> "whom" is making reference to "architect", which is the antecedent. </u>
The correct answer is option A. "Emotion and logic". An effective argument should convince or persuade the audience about the topic that is discussed. In order to be persuasive, an effective argument must appeal to emotion and logic, making the audience to feel and think what the speaker wants to transmit.