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Persuasive Strategies

Take notes in the writing concepts section of your notebook. . Persuasive Strategies. What is persuasive essay?. change someone’s opinion Galvanize to some cause Rally support. Audience . Consider target audience Use vocabulary and arguments appropriate to that audience

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Persuasive Strategies

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  1. Take notes in the writing concepts section of your notebook. Persuasive Strategies

  2. What is persuasive essay? • change someone’s opinion • Galvanize to some cause • Rally support

  3. Audience • Consider target audience • Use vocabulary and arguments appropriate to that audience • Appeal to audience’s beliefs and values

  4. Intro: • Strong Position as thesis statement • Emotionally charged hook sentence • Scenario • Anecdote • Fact or Statistic

  5. Body Paragraphs • Cause/effect (if … then…) • Statistics (65% of the time…) • Expert opinion/testimony (According to…) • Anecdote (I remember a time when…) • Concession/rebuttal (I understand your side..., but I see it differently)

  6. Concession/Rebuttal • Concession and rebuttal (or counter argument). In a concession, you acknowledge that certain opposing arguments have some truth. The rebuttal explains how this does not weaken your argument. This makes you sound open–minded. This sounds like. . .

  7. Concession: • I realize most teachers don’t want cell phones in class because they cause problems, but… • Rubuttal: • … I have a possible solution to this problem.

  8. Transitional Phrases – Concession/Rebuttal • It is true that…however…therefore… • Certainly…but…in short… • Admittedly…on the other hand…so… • Of course…nevertheless…as a result… • Obviously…on the contrary…finally… • Sure…however…in addition…

  9. Conclusions • Call to action – ask the reader to do something or make something happen • Make a Prediction – potential consequences of an action taken • Provide a possible solution

  10. Try it out • Write a letter to the teacher to persuade her not to assign a formal essay on the story Odyessey. • Use as many of the strategies we just learned as possible.

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