Which of the following is a feature of persuasive communication? a) It is only applicable to verbal communication. b) It involves an honest presentation of information. c) It involves techniques that are usually hard to sell. d) It is an attempt to trap someone into taking action favorable to the communicator.

The correct answer is D. It is an attempt to trap someone into taking action favorable to the communicator.

Explanation:

The persuasive communication is the type of communication that has the purpose of convincing or persuading someone to believe the ideas proposed by the communicator or support one action the communication promotes. This type of communication can be oral as in persuasive speech but also written as in argumentative essays. Besides this, persuasive communication implies the use of persuasive techniques or techniques to convince the audience and in most cases implies the information is biased as the information presented tends to favor the communicator but not opposite positions. Considering this, the feature that is part of persuasive communication is "it is an attempt to trap someone into taking action favorable to the communicator" because this type of communication has as the main purpose to convince or trap the audience to take some action or support an idea.