Persuasive Writing

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Persuasive Writing

• Do You Want to Argue and Win?

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You Can Win!!

• 1. What are some arguments that you have wanted
  to win? List them and the opponents.
• arguments
  opponents

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Opponents

• 1. Who are they
• Friends?
• Parents?
• Teachers?
• Authority?
• 2. What is important to them?
• 3. Put yourself in their shoes!

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Do you realize

• If you use certain strategies, you can be
  convincing?

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In this essay- writing exercise, you will sharpen
your skills.

• Believe it or not
• There are strategies to winning an argument.

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Writing a Persuasive Writing

• Choose a point of view to establish your position
  on an issue.
• Consider the purpose of your essay.
• Try to understand the audience and influence that
  audience.
• Use convincing arguments to prove your position.
• Support each argument.
• Provide logical order with good transitional
  words.
• Open and close the essay effectively.

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1. Choose a point of view.

• Make a t-chart
• Place the 2 opposing points of view on each side
• List 3 arguments for each
• Ask yourself, Which argument can I defend best?
• Select that one as your point of view.

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2. Consider the purpose of the essay.

• What is your goal?
• What do you hope the reader to believe or to do
  after they read your essay?

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3. Audience

• Try to understand the audience and influence that
  audience. (You need to know what makes them tick,
  so you can conquer them with your views).
• Who is your audience?
• What is important to them in this issue?

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4. Arguments

• Use convincing arguments.You must be persuasive!
• Remember you want to win!

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5. Support

• Present argument with support.
• Come up with facts, details, and examples to back
  up your argument.
• Be specific.
• .Use strong vocabulary in your arguments.

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6. Provide logical order.

• As you write and reread your writing
• Do you make sense?
• Are you clear?
• Did you use transitional words to connect your
  ideas? See examples at
• http//departments.weber.edu/writingcenter/Grammar
  20and20Punctuation20Handouts/Transitions1.htm

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7. Open and close the essay effectively.

• Review your notes on good introductions and
  closings.
• Grab the readers attention.
• Satisfy the readers need to know that you have
  finished your points.

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Remember

• Neatness is essential for the audience to
  understand your ideas. Do not forget you want to
  convince him or her that you are right! Do not
  leave them guessing.

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Essay

• Writing Situation
• Your principal wants to tighten up the dress
  code in your school. He has requested that the
  board of education adopt a new policy requiring
  all students to wear uniforms.
• You decide to get involved and write a letter
  to the board members expressing your opinion.
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  Next

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Writing Task

• Your opinion is important. Write a letter to the
  board of education either supporting or opposing
  the proposal to require all students to wear
  school uniforms.

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Pre-write

• Make sure you understand the situation and your
  task. Read and re-read.
• Make a t-chart, and list 3 arguments for the 2
  opposing points of view.
• For Uniforms Against

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Pre-write contd

• 2. What is your purpose? Be clear about this.
  Take a minute to think this through clearly.
• 3. Who is your audience? What is their point of
  view? What do they care about? Put yourself in
  their shoes.
• 4. Once you have chosen a position, use a concept
  map or outline to brainstorm support for each of
  your arguments.

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Plan your essay, then write!

• 5 paragraph essay
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Argument 1 with support
• 3. Argument 2 with support
• 4. Argument 3 with support
• 5. Conclusion

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Extra Tips -)

• Include similes and/or other figures of speech.
• Be descriptive appeal to the senses.
• Include a semicolon.
• Include dialogue with quotations.
• Use multi-syllabic words.
• Use sensory details appeal to your audiences
  senses.

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Proofread

• Check
• Spelling
• Punctuation
• Capitalization

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The End

• By
• Mrs. Brewer