Persuasive Essay

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Persuasive Essay
Type 22
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Definition

• much like debating
• The goal is to convince, persuade and make your
  reader believe in whatever it is youre trying to
  say.

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Five Elements of a Good Persuasive Essay

• Facts---Support arguments with concrete evidence.
  You cant just throw around opinions.
• Conclusions---Summarize and relate everything
  youve written into one final paragraph.
• Organization---Arrange the facts and premises
  according to significance when buildings
  arguments.

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Five Elements of a Good Persuasive Essay

• Persuasion---Convince your readers that what you
  wrote is based on agreeable facts and shared
  values.
• Confidence---This is how you show your
  persuasiveness.

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Structure (1/3)

• Introduction
• The opening statement
• The thesis/the idea
• It aims to get the full attention of the
  reader. The opening statement needs to be clear
  and logical as it is the thought, which leads the
  reader to the thesis where the persuasive essay
  idea is thoroughly presented.

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Structure (2/3)

• Body paragraphs
• The body of any persuasive essay reveals the
  arguments that support the thesis statement of
  the work. Each of the three arguments should
  include
• the point of argument
• the explanation of the argument
• facts/evidence that support the idea/thesis
• a small summary leading to the next argument

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Structure (3/3)

• Conclusion
• Summarizes the idea. It is the evaluation of
  the statements made and the arguments given. The
  conclusion therefore refers to the thesis
  statement of the work.