Writing Focus - The Persuasive Essay

The ideas for persuasive writing begin with an experience that shakes one’s core. This experience creates an agenda, a platform, and a purpose. Authors who want to gain credibility with their readers carefully craft their ideas. Successful authors use elements of rhetoric and effective persuasive techniques to appeal to their audience and readers.

In this topic, you will have an opportunity to create a persuasive writing. You will focus on organizing the parts of a persuasive essay and then writing the essay.  These tools will help you become more proficient in producing sound persuasive writing.

Essential Question

• What are the essential components of effective persuasive writing?