Persuasive Writing

Telling the reader what you want them to do

• rhetorical device

• call to action

• Arguing

• parallelism

An opposing viewpoint

• rhetorical device

• call to action

• Arguing

• counterargument

Used to support a claim

• rhetorical device

• call to action

• evidence

• counterargument

States the topic and position

• thesis

• call to action

• theory

• counterargument

The goal of a piece of writing

• thesis

• call to action

• theory

• purpose

A viewpoint or opinion on an issue

• thesis

• position

• theory

• purpose

An issue that is commonly disagreed on

• controversial

• position

• valid

• commonality

A claim supported by evidence

• evidence

• argument

• valid

• commonality

writing to convince or express the author's opinion on a controversial issue

• Narrative Writing

• free write

• persuasive writing

• informational writing

Who performed the "I Have a Dream" speech?

• MLK

• RFK

• FDR

• JFK