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English - Thinking Skills: Section Six - Persuasive Writing
Like Martin Luther King Jr., there have probably been several times in your life when you have had strong feelings about an issue that you needed to share. Sometimes people need to express their opinions publicly. In fact, sometimes people want not only to express their opinions, but to also persuade others to agree with them. This is called persuasion. Persuasive writing appeals to one's emotions, one's sense of right/wrong, and one's sense of reasonability.
In persuasive writing, a writer takes a position FOR or AGAINST an issue and writes to convince the reader to agree or do something. The point of a persuasive writing piece is to get the reader to accept a point of view. In order to convince the reader you need more than opinion: you need facts or examples to support your opinion, so be sure to do the research!
Persuasive writing follows a particular format. It has an introduction, a body where the argument is developed, and a conclusion.
Listed below are some topics to get you thinking:
- Mandating year-round school
- Implementing a state income-tax
- Putting up a stop light in a residential area
- Raising the driving age to 18
Schedule -
On the first day of the week, you must have chosen and submitted your topic and thesis statement.
On the second day, you must submit three facts about your topic that you will be addressing.
On the third day, you must submit your rough draft.
On the fifth day, your teacher will return your rough draft to you with comments added.
On the first day of the next week, you must rework your rough draft and submit your final copy.
Note - Need 500 words, MLA format. Five paragraphs.