2013 Summer Workshops in Teaching Writing: Teaching Persuasive Writing

1. 2013 Summer Workshops in Teaching Writing: Teaching Persuasive Writing

2. What do we mean when we say “Persuasive” Writing? • And how is that different from “Argumentative” writing? • …let’s try an experiment

3. With a partner take turns • Argue with your partner about which pet is better—cats or dogs? • (and this matters because who ever wins the argument will only be left with that pet)

4. Now again with your partner take turns • 1: Persuade your partner to volunteer at Haven for Hope • 2: Persuade your partner to go see a movie with you

5. What’s the difference?

6. Argumentation Persuasion May not be so antagonistic Focused on motivating someone to see, feel, think, or do something Naturally leans on appeals of ethos and pathos more than logos(think salesman) • Tends to be antagonistic • Debate between contending points of view • Dependent more on reason and logic for its appeals(think lawyer)

7. So what does mean “Persuasive Writing” for the STAAR Test?

9. STAAR Persuasive Writing Prompts --focus on an issuethat is debatable or controversial and ask students to takea “position” or sideon the issue and arguefor that position.--it leans more heavily on presenting REASONS in support of the position than on ethos or pathos

10. In college writing, everything is an argument But college writing does not mean “argue” in the sense of lawyerly argumentation Joseph Williams Writing in College http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/high_school_v_college.htm

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