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10Persuading: Relationships

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Learning Outcomes

• Identify real world applications for persuading.

• Understand the steps for writing persuasively.

• Interpret images and persuasive readings about relationships.

• Analyze the rhetorical star for persuasive writing.

• Apply the steps for writing a persuasive essay.

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Real World Applications (LO 10.1)

School• Write persuasively about a literary

character.• Write an argument for or against an election

procedure.

Daily Life• Write a persuasive letter to your landlord

regarding necessary repairs.• Design a persuasive flyer asking for

donations for a good cause in your community.

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Real World Applications (contd.)

Career• Write a persuasive cover letter or

résumé to land the job you desire.• Persuade your boss to give you a

promotion.• Convince your clients, patients, or

customers that your organization offers the best products or services.

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Steps for Writing Persuasively (LO 10.2)

• Introduce the issue you are debating.

• Make a claim about your subject.

• Support your claim with evidence that appeals to your audience.

• Use your supporting evidence logically and ethically.

• Organize your supporting evidence effectively.

• End your essay effectively.

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Images & Persuasive Readings about Relationships (LO 10.3)

Writing about an image• Make a claim about an image.• Support your stance with logical,

emotional, and/or ethical appeal.• You may write about the image or

something that relates to it.

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Images & Persuasive Readings about Relationships (contd.)

Media connection for persuading• Watch, read, or listen to the

suggested media for examples of persuasion.• View various media to better

understand methods of persuading.

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The Rhetorical Star (LO 10.4)

Subject• Focus your essay on a debatable topic.• You should have strong feelings about

the issue.• Consider selecting a current event or an

issue you have experienced personally.• Make sure your topic isn’t too narrow

or too broad.

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The Rhetorical Star (contd.)

Audience• Know your readers.• Determine how much your readers already

know.• Consider if your audience will be

supportive, hostile, or undecided.

• Select details that will appeal to your specific audience.

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The Rhetorical Star (contd.)

Purpose• Consider what you want to accomplish.• Decide if you want to change your

reader’s mind. • Determine if you want your readers to

take some sort of action.• Keep your purpose in mind at all times.

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The Rhetorical Star (contd.)

Strategy• Determine if other writing strategies are

needed.• Consider what additional information

may be necessary.

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The Rhetorical Star (contd.)

Design• Select the number of points necessary.• Determine if graphics or other design

elements are needed.• Design your document to be as

persuasive as possible.

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Applying the Writing Process (LO 10.5)

Discovering• Search for a subject in the chapter about

which you have a strong opinion.• Make a list of debatable topics you would

like to explore more thoroughly.• Keep track of any sources you use while

searching.• Make a list of supporting and opposing

ideas once you have selected a topic.

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Applying the Writing Process (contd.)

Planning• Make a list of the supporting points you

would like to use.• Number your points from most to least

persuasive.• Reorder your points putting the second

strongest supporting point first and the strongest supporting point last.

• Organize your ideas with a graphic organizer or outline.

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Applying the Writing Process (contd.)

Composing• Write a first draft.• Don’t focus on grammar or punctuation.• Keep the steps for persuasive writing in mind.

Getting Feedback• Have a peer read your rough draft.• Utilize the peer review questions if possible.• Get a second opinion if possible.

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Applying the Writing Process (contd.)

Revising• Make sure your main point is the strongest point for your thesis.• Add, delete, or rearrange ideas as needed.

Editing• Read your essay again.• Check for grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.• Use transitions to help your audience follow the logic of your essay.

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Applying the Writing Process (contd.)

Proofreading• Read your essay at least one more time.• Look for typographical errors.• Make final corrections as necessary.