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2. What Do You Think? Introducing Persuasion Chapter 9 • Persuasion
When you use words to convince people to think or act in a certain way, you are using persuasion.
Take a few minutes to list reasons that students should and should not be allowed to use cell phones in school.
Consider these questions as you work on your list.
What do students use their cell phones for in school?
What useful purposes could cell phones serve in the
classroom?
How could cell phone use in school affect learning?
Is having a cell phone in school a safety issue? Why?
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3. Choose and Narrow Your Topic
Chapter 9 • Persuasion
Choose and Narrow Your Topic
Choosing a topic that is too broad results in writing that is general and unfocused.
Use a graphic organizer like this one to narrow your topic.
Write your general topic in the top box, and keep narrowing your topic as you move down the chart. Your last box should hold your narrowest or “smallest” topic, the new focus of your op-ed piece.
My town
Kids in my town
The kids in my town need safe
places to ride their bikes.
The kids in my town need bike
lanes alongside streets.
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4. Plan Your Piece Chapter 9 • Persuasion
You will use a graphic organizer like this one to state your thesis, organize your arguments, and identify details. When it is complete, you will be ready to write your first draft.
Clear Thesis
My town should build bike
lanes alongside streets so
that kids can ride safely.
First Persuasive
Argument
Kids would get more
exercise riding their bikes if there were more bike lanes.
Supporting Evidence/
Details
Second Persuasive
Argument
Kids would have fewer bike
accidents if there were
more bike lanes.
Supporting Evidence/ Details
Reader’s Counter-arguments
Bike lanes make car lanes
too narrow.
Response to Counter-arguments
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5. The Organization of a Persuasive Essay
Chapter 9 • Persuasion
The Organization of a Persuasive Essay
Grab Your Reader
Lead
Clear thesis or position
Build Your Case
Persuasive arguments
Logically organized supporting evidence
Reader concerns and counter-arguments
that are proven wrong or shown to be less
important than your arguments
Wrap It Up
Restatement of position
Memorable ending, such as a call to action
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6. Revising: Making It Better
Chapter 9 • Persuasion
Revising: Making It Better
Now that you have finished your first draft, you are ready to revise. You can use your Revision RADaR as a guide for making changes to improve your draft. Remember—you can use the steps in Revision RADaR in any order.
Revision RADaR
Replace . . .
Words that
are not
specific
are overused
Sentences
that are
unclear
Add . . .
New
information
Descriptive
adjectives
and adverbs
Rhetorical
or literary
devices
Delete . . .
Unrelated ideas
Sentences that
sound good,
but do not
make sense
Repeated words
or phrases
Unnecessary
details
Reorder . . .
So most
important
points are last
To make
better sense
or to flow
better
So details
support main
ideas
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7. Fine-Tune Your Draft Chapter 9 • Persuasion
Use the revision suggestions to prepare your final draft
after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and
genre have been addressed.
Ensure Precise Word Choice Say exactly what you mean. Use
substitutes for words that are vague or imprecise to better
describe and explain your points.
Ensure the Use of Effective Transitions If necessary, add
transition words and phrases such as finally, next, although,
therefore, and as mentioned earlier, to signal to your readers how
sentences and paragraphs are connected.
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8. Editing: Making It Correct
Chapter 9 • Persuasion
Editing: Making It Correct
When you edit your work, you polish your writing and correct
any errors. Before editing your final draft, think about using
a variety of sentence structures, including simple, compound,
and complex sentences. Look at these sentences:
Maiden Point Shelter is overflowing with cats and dogs.
This sentence is a simple sentence because it has a single
Main, or independent, clause.
Every cage and kennel is filled to capacity, and heartrending
meows and barks come from extra cages lining the hallways.
This sentence is a compound sentence because it has
more than one main clause.
The shelter is at its most overcrowded since it was opened in
1993.
This sentence is a complex sentence because it has a main
clause and a subordinate, or dependent clause, which is since
it was opened in 1993.
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9. Grammar Mini-Lesson: Parallel Structures
Chapter 9 • Persuasion
Grammar Mini-Lesson: Parallel Structures
Using parallel structures in a sentence means that equal ideas are expressed in words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of similar types.
Tell whether each sentence is simple, compound,
or complex. Then identify the parallel structures in each
sentence. Write the answers in your journal.
Marcella is athletic, musical, and artistic.
One sister is interested in becoming a doctor, and the other is
interested in becoming a lawyer.
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10. Publish Your Piece Chapter 9 • Persuasion
Give your op-ed piece a chance to change someone’s mind—
publish it! Use this chart to identify a way to publish your piece for the appropriate audience.
Students or adults at school
Reading it over the school public address system
Posting your piece online and inviting responses
People in your
neighborhood or city
Submitting it to your local television news
Submitting it to your town newspaper
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