Persuasive

1. Persuasive • To convince someone to believe in something or do something. • Writers may use language that appeals to the reader’s senses.

2. Central Argument • Clear statement of the problem and solution. Evidence supports it. Effective argument is supported by facts, statistics, examples, and quotations. • Different types of techniques. • Cause and Effect • Analogy • Authority

3. Cause and Effect • lists reasons of a problem and outline the consequences of them. • Example:

4. Analogy • compares what is similar about two things that are otherwise different. • Example:

5. Authority • the person who is presenting the argument is in a position of power • Example:

6. Parts of a Persuasive Text Persuasive – convincing a reader to do something, buy something, believe in something

7. Rhetorical Fallacies • arguments that lack sound reasoning and distract readers from the real issues. • Different Types: • Ad Hominem • Categorical Claims • Exaggeration • Stereotyping

8. Ad Hominem • author attacks the character of a person rather than the content of his or her argument. • Example:

9. Categorical Claims • place an idea, thing, or action into a category to which it does not necessarily belong. • Example:

10. Exaggeration • an overstatement • Example:

11. Stereotyping • unfairly suggesting that all members of a group are exactly the same • Example: