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Could you sell ice to an Eskimo?. Today’s Goals: -Understand 5 techniques for persuading -Think of an example for each technique -Choose one persuasive technique that you will use for your next writing. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Could you sell ice to an Eskimo?
Today’s Goals:-Understand 5 techniques for persuading-Think of an example for each technique
-Choose one persuasive technique that you will use for your next writing
Commercial One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Xh-tZrzwk
Silent victims
Identify the persuasive techniques used
Sympathy
Example: Your donation might just get this puppy off the street and into a good home.
Getting people to feel happy, sad, or angry about the problem can help your argument.
Commercial One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGPU-JhG-A8 – montana meth den
Identify the persuasive techniques used
Consequences
Example: If fracking for gas continues, one-fourth of Americans could be left without water to drink.
What will happen if the problem continues? Provoke a fear of the results.
Commercial One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGPU-JhG-A8 - tempur pedic
Identify the persuasive techniques used
Benefits
Example: If you plant more trees, you will feel happier and more energetic.
Show your reader that action will actually be good for themselves.
Personal Experience
Example: My cousin, a kind, wonderful person, was killed by a drunk driver in 2009.
Explain that you have responded to the problem, or that it has otherwise impacted your life.
Example: I always turn off lights when I leave a room. If everyone would do this, we could save a lot of electricity.
Urgency
Example: If we don’t change things soon, it will be too late.
Try to convince your audience that this issue is so important they must act now.
What your paper should contain:
1 paragraph: Your own opinion and thoughts– Explain why your topic is a problem
2 paragraphs: Two possible solutions– What can you, I, the class, America, the President,
or ANYBODY do to help?• The only solution you can’t use: giving money
1 paragraph: One worthwhile charity– Identify a charity which helps a problem, and show
why they deserve money• How do they spend the money• What have they achieved?