1. Building Basic Persuasion
The Foundation to Getting Whatever You Want

2. Question
You are running for president of this class. You have to give a speech saying what you are going to do to improve the classroom environment and learning for all students. Where do you begin? What do you include?

3. What You Need to Know First
Audience
Who is your audience?
What are their interests?
How are you going to establish a connection with them?

4. What You Need to Consider Next
Tone What should your attitude toward the subject be? What do you hope will be the impact on the listeners of your speech? How can you use your tone to your advantage?
Tom Cruise: Convincing Wife to Not Divorce Him
Discuss this clip in relation to the three questions
Tom Hanks: Convincing Lady to Use a Credit Card Machine
Answer the three questions while watching this clip

5. Literary Elements in Persuasive Arguments
Just when you thought you were finished with them.

6. Question
Of the literary elements we’ve learned this semester, which ones would be effective in making persuasive arguments?

7. Focus On These Today as We Read
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Why would these be effective in persuasive arguments?

8. New Literary Elements Rhetorical Question Anecdote Parallel Structure
A question not meant to be answered, but to encourage a line of thought
Anecdote
A short, often personal story
Parallel Structure
Repeating sentence types and structure for emphasis
Repetition
Repeating words or short phrases
Why would these be effective in persuasive arguments?

9. And Now…
Using at least two of the literary elements common in persuasive arguments, write a 30 second pitch on why you should be president of this class.
30 seconds is usually about words

10. Suggestions Don’t read from paper! More Energy! Not Focused enough!
Convince us!