Answer: c. motivate them to action
Explanation: The goal of Lorenda is to persuade her classmates to give money so she needs to sound convincing, only then her classmates will give money to the Red Cross. Her classmates should be convinced of the need that Lorenda is portraying. Only when she persuades them and convinces them, they will be motivated to take action which in this case would be that, they would be motivated to give money to red cross if they are convinced by Lorenda to do so.