Regardless of whether your aim is to encourage passive agreement or immediate action, you must deal with three basic issues whenever you discuss a question of policy. they area:
a. cause, effect, and practicality.
b. evidence, practicality, and reasoning.
c. need, action, and reaction.
d. problem, plan, and solution.
e. need, plan, and practicality.

14) the most likely reason general william t. sherman wanted to control the rail lines running through atlanta, georgia, during his "atlanta campaign" was because he wanted to a) prevent residents of the city from fleeing to the north. b) cut off the flow of supplies to the confederate army. c) use the rail lines to quickly transport his troops. d) extend the rail lines into the northern states. eliminate