persuasive writing technique

• what is the technique used to present ideas in order to influence the audience or to convince them to perform a certain action?

  persuasion
• persuasive text is any text which aims to convince, motivate, and move readers towards a certain point of view or opinion
• the starting point of persuasive writing is to identify your topic and choose your side
• the purpose of persuasive writing is to get the reader to agree with your opinion
• number 1 technique is to combine facts with emotions to convince the reader that the author is "right"
• number 2 persuasion technique is to be emotion based
• number 3 persuasion technique is to ignore counterclaims
• number 4 persuasion technique is to present only ideas that help establish a position
• number 5 technique is to present only one side, which is the author's side
• the tone of a persuasive writing is more emotionally charges and aggressive since you are trying to convince the reader to agree with you
• Aristotle's mode for persuasion are

  1. pathos which means to appeal to the emotions
  2. logos which means to appeal to the reasons (facts)
  3. ethos which means to appeal to the authority (credibility)
• what is a persuasive strategy that plays on the audience or reader's emotions to influence the acceptance of your argument ?


  pathos
• what is a way of persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures?

  logos
• what is a persuasive strategy used to convince an audience based on the author's credibilty?

  ethos
• the purpose of your argument is to prove your point
• how would you prove your point in an argument?

  argumentative structures
• there are 4 argumentative structures

  1. proposal argument
  2. causal argument
  3. definition argument
  4. narrative argument
• a proposal argument focuses on presenting some kind of proposal as a solution to a problem
• what type of essay works well if you see a problem you want to fix or see change you want to make?

  proposal argument
• causal argument focuses specifically on how domething caused or has led to a particular problem
• it answers a how or why question?

  causa argument
• a narrative argument is a one that uses a story, usually presented in chronological order to make some kind of point; that point is persuasive or argumentative