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i.e., on Persuasive Writing what is persuasive writing?

Persuasive writing presents the writer's opinion and tries to convince the reader to agree.

Parts of Persuasive Essays

Understanding the structure, persuasive writing often includes the following parts:

An opinion statement

Main reasons for an opinion

Answers for objections

A call to action

Writing an Opinion Statement

An opinion statement is a sentence that gives the writer's opinion. Here is a formula for writing a strong opinion statement.

The topic + the writer’s feeling = a strong opinion statements

Writing Main Reasons

The main reasons support the opinion statement. Each main reason will appear as the topic sentence of a body paragraph.

Using Supporting Details

The details that appear in each middle paragraph support the main reason given in the topic sentence.

Answering the Objections

A powerful way to support an opinion is to answer objections against it. An effective answer to an objection does the following:

States an opposing view and gives arguments against the opposing view.

Parts of a persuasive Essay

Creating a call to action

A call to action asks the reader to think or act in a certain way. It usually appears in the closing paragraph. An effective call to action uses a command verb and requests a specific action.

Types of persuasive writing

Understanding the Basic Essays

Opinion Essays

Problem-solutions Essays n

Pro-Con Essays

Opinion Essays

Presenting your Opinion

An opinion essay gives the writer's opinion, a view or belief that can't be proven as a fact.

The opinion appears as part of an opinion statement in the beginning paragraph.

The opinion is supported by main reasons, which appear in the topic sentences of middle paragraphs.

Problem-Solution Essays

Solving a Problem

A problem-solution essay presents a problem and tries to convince the reader that the writer's solution will work. The opinion statement should introduce the problem and the solution.

Problem + solution =a strong opinion statement

Organizing Your Essay

The middle of a problem-solution essay has two parts:

The first part persuades the reader that the problem is serious and worth attention.

The second part convinces the reader that a specific solution will work.

Pro-Con Essays

A pro-con essay evaluates what is good and bad about an idea or a situation. The opinion statement should sum up the evaluation.

Pro (what’s good) + Con (what’s bad) = a strong opinion statement

Organizing your essays

The middle of a pro-con essay has two parts:

The "pro" part examines the benefits.

The "con" part examines the drawbacks.

Persuasive Writing Template

Gathering and Organizing Reasons: Supporting reasons table, objection chart, T-chart and any measurement tools. Etc, So many things to be organized, here below short summary of writing blog’s content

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