1. Writing the Persuasive Essay Terms to know- 1.Anticipate Audience: consider how readers will respond, find offensive, confusing, or important. 2. Claim (proposition, thesis): Not the same as subject or topic. It must be able to be argued and require defense through evidence. Be precise, clear, and properly qualified. 3. Evidence: Includes quotations, observations, interviews, examples, facts, data, results from surveys and sometimes personal experience. 4. Reasoning: Writers must base claims on more than just personal preference/opinions. Your reasons demand evidence, information and logic.

2. Writing the Persuasive Essay Help Graduates Avoid Financial Ruin CLAIM (thesis) Every high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. SUBJECT Who is my audience ? (high school students, parents, school staff?) OPEN WITH: detail, statement, quotation, anecdote, statistic, fact, question, exaggeration, or outrageous statement

3. Writing the Persuasive Essay Help Graduates Avoid Financial Ruin Every year, thousands of new high school graduates pack their bags, move to new cities, and sign papers accepting loans they might not be able to pay back. The best way to help graduates avoid these risks is to require that every high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. SUBJECT THESIS ATTENTION-GETTER

4. Writing the Persuasive Essay Help Graduates Avoid Financial Ruin Every year, thousands of new high school graduates pack their bags, move to new cities, and sign papers accepting loans they might not be able to pay back. Within weeks, many of these same students are writing home to their families, struggling to understand where their money went. Without a guide, these young people fail to understand how to properly budget or establish a financial plan. The best way to help graduates avoid these risks is to require that every high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. EXAMPLE

5. Writing the Persuasive Essay Help Graduates Avoid Financial Ruin Every high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. MAIN POINTS: 1.Students who choose to get a job straight out of high school would also benefit from finance education because they would learn to manage their money. 2.Students who choose to get a job straight out of high school would also benefit from finance education because they would learn to manage their money. 3. Many recent graduates end up without enough savings to keep them afloat if they lose their jobs or if their businesses go under.

6. Writing the Persuasive Essay Help Graduates Avoid Financial Ruin Every high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. Students who choose to get a job straight out of high school would also benefit from finance education because they would learn to manage their money. Many recent graduates end up without enough savings to keep them afloat if they lose their jobs or if their businesses go under. Rather than help them through these hard times when they happen, we should try to prevent them from happening at all. CLAIM MAIN POINTS CONCLUSION