Persuasive+Writing

=Persuasive Writing=

What is persuasion? Why do people use it? When do people use it? What are some components of persuasion? Are you easily influenced/persuaded?

See how many of the following slogans you recognize.


Scary, yes?

But...is it really persuasion?
What makes an argument credible? Logos Ethos Pathos

SMELL Graphic Organizer
Sender Message Evidence Language Logic

How often are we exposed to ads?
Magazine Tally Sheet

Finding the Fallacies that Surround You (from Read, Write, Think)
How can we critically view the messages that surround us? What are some of the false arguments that are made as advertisers attempt to get us to buy their products and/or services?

Critically Viewing Advertisements
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Can you convince people to buy an object that you are selling? Look at the object that you have been given. What can it be used for? Why would people "need" it?

Complete the graphic organizer, and see what you can "sell."

=Persuasive Essays= Sample Essay

=Review of Thesis Statement and Parallel Structure= (Class Activity)

Graphic Organizer for Essay