1. Persuasive Essay
Basic 411

2. Foldable Create an eight-page mini book Title the pages as follows:
Cover
Characteristics
Purpose
Thesis Dos
Thesis Don’ts
Argument...
...Development
Text Structure

3. Characteristics T = Thesis early in paper to help reader
O = One area of change
T = Tone appropriate for audience and purpose
A = An Assured rhetorical stance
L = Language precise; denotative/connotative

4. Purpose To cause the reader… To do To think To believe
...something different after reading your essay.

5. Thesis Dos Do express the point of the essay Do make it defensible
Do be specific
Do be concise
Do use strong verbs
Do write a statement (declarative sentence)

6. Thesis Don’ts Don’t bifurcate Don’t describe the strategy of the paper
Don’t write the thesis as a question

7. Argument Structure Create four columns across two-page spread
Two Reason
Strawman
Concession
Nestorian

8. Two Reason Structure Introduction: Hook Thesis Second Reason
First Reason
Conclusion
(call to action)

9. Strawman Structure Introduction: Hook Thesis Opposition Refuted
Opposing Argument
+1 Reason
Conclusion
(call to action)

10. Concession Structure Introduction: Hook Thesis Transition Concession
Opposing Argument
Argument(s)
Conclusion
(call to action)

11. Nestorian Structure Introduction: Hook Thesis Minor Arguments
2nd Best Argument
Best Argument
Conclusion
(call to action)

12. STAAR Text Structure Two Equal Arguments Facts and statistics
Hook
Thesis
Two Equal Arguments
Facts and statistics
Expert testimony
Example
Anecdote
Textual evidence
Summary (clincher)
Call to Action