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PERSUASIVE ESSAY

PERSUASIVE ESSAY. A Recipe for Success. Writing v. Cooking. When you write an essay, you are making something for other people to consume. Like anything we want people to consume, it has to look good so it will attract people’s attention and make them want to consume what you have made

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PERSUASIVE ESSAY

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  1. PERSUASIVE ESSAY A Recipe for Success

  2. Writing v. Cooking • When you write an essay, you are making something for other people to consume. • Like anything we want people to consume, it has to look good so it will attract people’s attention and make them want to consume what you have made • It has to “taste” good, too, so people will want to keep eating once they start.

  3. INGREDIENTS • A persuasive essay requires: • An opinion about a controversial topic • Arguments that prove your opinion • Details, facts, and examples that support your argument • A hook • A cake requires: • Flour • Eggs • Milk • Oil • Sugar

  4. PROCESS – A CAKE • Find a recipe for what you want to make • Make sure you have your ingredients BEFORE you start • Assemble the ingredient in the order given in the recipe to create each layer • Once you’ve prepared all the layers, figure out what order the layers should go in • Adding filling and frosting

  5. PROCESS – AN ESSAY • Know your what kind of writing you’re doing and think about the 5 steps of writing • Brainstorm ideas, then organize them in a way that makes sense • Write your draft • Revise your ideas, making sure they make sense • Edit your work

  6. PROCESS – A COMPARISON • Know your what kind of writing you’re doing and think about the 5 steps of writing • Brainstorm ideas, then organize them in a way that makes sense • Write your draft • Revise your ideas, making sure they make sense • Edit your work • Find a recipe for what you want to make • Make sure you have your ingredients BEFORE you start • Assemble the ingredient in the order given in the recipe to create each layer • Once you’ve prepared all the layers, figure out what order the layers should go in • Addling filling and frosting

  7. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE Frosting – Introductory paragraph; attracts the reader; starts with the Hook and ends with your Thesis (your opinion stated as a fact) Layer 1 - Argument supporting your idea, with details, facts, and examples to validate your argument Filling to connect layers – Transition words or phases Layer 2 – Counterargument (the opinion opposite your and one argument to support that opinion) and why it’s wrong, with explanations, details, facts, and examples to validate your argument. Layer 3 - Another argument supporting your opinion, with details, facts, and examples to validate your argument Serving Platter – The Closing paragraph Re-words main idea (thesis), summarizes your supporting arguments, refers back to hook or ends with final thought about topic Always has some crumbs and frosting on it; someone can figure out what was on it based on the left-over bits

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