Argumentative or Persuasive Writing

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Argumentative or Persuasive Writing

• Elements to Persuasive Writing

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Taking a Stand

• It is often important to take a stand to have a
  belief youre willing to argue and defend. Doing
  so wont usually result in revolution or complete
  change, but you may be able to persuade others
  that youre right.

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Purpose and audience

• Your purpose in argumentative writing is to make
  readers think a certain way or act a certain way.
  
• You cant do that without paying pretty close
  attention to them your audience.

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Supporting your opinion

• Talk to friends and others interested in the
  issue or topic.
• Take to experts - people who are knowledgeable
  about the issue use testimonials, or take a
  survey
• Research use the internet, books, magazine, and
  newspapers.
• Look for Reasons, Facts, or Opinion from
  knowledgeable sources.

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Methods

• APPEALS TO THE EMOTIONS
• Appeal to peoples heart as well as their minds.
  (Facts, testimonials are used very often with
  this technique)
• Example Actors, Authors, and Athletes shouldnt
  charge for autographs.

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Appeals to the Emotion

• Support
• The most popular celebrities already earn
  millions.
• Fans will think less of these celebrities if they
  have to pay for autographs.
• Celebrities in the past didnt ask fans to pay
  for autographs. Today, they should be more like
  them.
• What about all the people in the world today who
  do not have a job, or enough food to eat

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False Cause and Effect

• Assume that one event caused another just because
  one came before the other.
• Example Not sending the school band to
  out-of-town games put the team on a losing
  streak.

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Attacking!!!!

• Ignores the issue by attacking the person instead
  of the persons view on the topic.
• Supporters of this leash law are dog haters at
  heart.
• My teacher gave me a U, because she doesnt like
  me.

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Bandwagon

• Ask you to believe or do something because many
  other people do.
• Dont be the only family in your neighborhood
  without a XBOX.
• Everybody's wearing
• Everybody has

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Practice

• Why is each statement below misleading? Which
  technique (Appeals to Emotion, False Cause and
  Effect, Attacking, Bandwagon) is being used?
  Explain.
• Everyone is buying ______. The stores can
  hardly keep them on the rack. You need to get
  your today!
• Because the principal made the school day longer,
  many students are getting poor grades.

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Practice

• 3. Since he is an active deer hunter, its no
  wonder that Bob says hunting helps conserve deer.
• 4. The Kids at Del Rio Middle School who started
  skate-boarding lost their A and B averages.
  Skateboarding definitely eats up study time.

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The Paper
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Introduction

• Title
• Refers to the Main Idea and Position of topic.
  Introduction also can hook the reader with
  question.

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Introduction

• The Hook
• Death Served on a Platter.
• Cook or Killer?

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Introduction

• Background
• Introduce Mary Mallon (background, what she did
  for a living, how what she did for a living
  impacted her, and others.

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Introduction

• Thesis
• Presented as last sentence of introductory
  paragraph. Writer takes a clear position.
• Ex. Junk foods should be taken out of
• school lunch menus because they affect your body
  and mind in negative ways.

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Body Paragraphs

• One
• Details and facts support position. Language is
  precise and lively.
• Sentence structures are varied and correct.

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Body Paragraphs

• Two
• Paragraph present another fully developed reason
  for position.

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Body Paragraphs

• Three-Four
• Paragraphs present another fully developed reason
  for position. Include facts and opinions to
  support argument.

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conclusion

• Call to action concludes essay.
• Restate position, and summarize main reason(s)
  for your position.