PPT-Analyzing the Personal Persuasive Essay,

Being a Man by Paul Theroux Be formal critical and thorough in your responses to all of the questions provided Step 1 What is the thesis of Therouxs essay. The objective of a persuasive essay is to win the reader over to your side of an argument while the primary objective of an argumentative essay is just to show that you have a valid argu ment allowing the reader either to adopt your position or to a Using Public Policy Analysis to construct a persuasive essay. Define the Problem. What are social issues?. A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable.. Mrs. Casey. 2013. What is American?. For your English III final, you will create a portfolio that answers the essential question: . What is American. ?. This portfolio will encompass all of the skills learned this year through a cumulative research project.. Why a persuasive . essay?. This year we have explored . the concepts of storytelling, truth and heroes. The movie, . Big Fish. , also explores the concepts of . storytelling and the . differences between truth and fantasy and heroes. . Pre-AP I. persuasive ESSAY. The primary purpose of a persuasive essay is to convince readers to think the way that you do about a subject.. To accomplish this goal, you will have to establish a reasonable and thoughtful argument supporting a subject or a position you have strong feelings about.. “. Being a Man. ” by Paul Theroux. Be. formal. ,. critical. ,. . and. thorough . in your responses to. . all. . of the . seven. . questions provided!. Step #1:. What is the . thesis. of Theroux’s essay?. An Intellectual Autobiography. Introduce yourself to the people who are trying to decide whether or not to invite you to their campus or give you a scholarship.. As Yvette . Gullat. (from the UC Office of the President) puts it, your personal essay is an “intellectual autobiography,” the writing type is reflective and analytical, not simply narrative.. Purpose: to convince the reader that the point of view or course of action recommended by the writer is valid.. The Persuasive Essay. To accomplish this, the writer must develop a limited topic which is well defined and debatable, that has more than one side.. Topic. any . issue that is debatable. Audience. y. our reader; the target of your communication. Purpose. to . persuade a . reader to adopt a certain point of view or to take a particular action. .. : . Why do we write persuasive . essays? . How difficult is it to . convince someone to act a certain way or do something? . . Are there specific techniques that are helpful in persuasion? . What is the difference between persuasion and argument?. Have you ever been asked to give your opinion on something? Every day we deal with controversial issues and situations in which we can voice our opinion on a topic. . Sometimes it is in simple, every day things like convincing a friend to go to the movies instead of the game; or persuading a teacher to consider moving a test date; or negotiating with your parents to give you an increase in your allowance. . Personal Writing. One of the major types of writing is . personal writing.. It is what it sounds like. It’s writing that is personal.. This is a very different type of writing than transactive writing (persuasive, informational, & analytical writing.. Culminating Experiences. Culminating Experiences across the IB Continuum. Primary Years . Programme. The Exhibition. Middle Years . Programme. The Personal Project. Diploma . Programme. The Extended Essay. Finelli. Wha. t is a Persuasive Essay?. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cThuaPUD_Q&feature=PlayList&p=16B069ABF7F24A36&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15. . In an episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Marie writes a persuasive letter to the FBI interviewer whom is interviewing Robert (her son)….