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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.