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Are you a victory canner? write for free book to National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C. : Charles Lathrop Pack, President, P.S. Ridsdale, Secretary

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The pattern

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Define

The first line is a question the reader was already asking, or one they cannot leave unanswered.

Mechanism

Open loop plus recognition. A good question is the reader's objection, spoken first by us.

Verdict

We know the real objection and can answer it in the next breath.

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Why it works

Uses a direct, challenging question to invoke identity ('Victory Canner'). The heroic, idealized visual associates the behavior with national pride and civic virtue.

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When you want to spur action by challenging the audience to claim a desirable, virtuous identity.

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