In Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, the purpose of the Attention section of a persuasive speech is to ______.

Question: In Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, the purpose of the Attention section of a persuasive speech is to ______.

• call attention to the problem you want to solve.
• call attention to the solution you’re proposing.
• get the audience to pay attention to you.
• help you pay attention to the silent cues your audience is giving you.

The right answer was: get the audience to pay attention to you.