An Effective Response to Objections and Alternative Solutions: Responding Multimodally to Objections

An effective proposal to solve a problem must anticipate readers’ potential objections and alternative solutions. TempoHousing’s overview of the Keetwonen project anticipates objections to using shipping containers for housing. As the overview says, “The initial fears of some people that the container homes would be too small, too noisy, too cold or too hot, all turned out to be unfounded: they turned out to be spacious, quiet and well insulated and certainly offer value for [the] money, compared to other student homes in the city.”