Writing The Persuasive Essay
Writing The Persuasive Essay
Writing The Persuasive Essay
Persuasive Essay
David Estrella I., MTEFL
Persuasive essay
• The hook
• Background information
• Thesis statement
Persuasive essay: Introduction
Use statistics
Persuasive essay: Introduction
Why? To find out the readers needs to continue reading the essay.
Persuasive essay: Introduction
“I have a dream.”
Her daily routine was not glamorous. She did everything from
sweeping the floors to cooking the meals. If someone had asked
Cinderella which chores she did not particularly like, she
probably would have answered, “Why, none, of course. House
work is my duty!”
Persuasive essay: Introduction
3. Be specific.
Tea is delicious.
Green tea has many benefits for your health.
Persuasive essay: The body
To explain:
The exploration was done to obtain the results to support the
research thesis.
Persuasive essay: The body
To describe:
The country full of tres, chirping birds, and smell of clean evoked
in my mind my childhood years.
Persuasive essay: The body
To give reasons:
The choice was made because of the time constrains the Project
had.
Persuasive essay: The body
To give facts:
More tan ten percent of the students come from different cities.
Persuasive essay: The body
To give examples:
From those cities, Manta and Machala have more students
attending college.
Persuasive essay: The body
To make dfinitions:
The Captain used a mochkhousen, which is a device used to
communicate with headquarters.
Persuasive essay: The body
• introducing a word/phrase or new concept which will then be picked up in the topic
sentence of the next paragraph.
Persuasive essay: The conclusion
The first sentence should re-state the thesis statement (the last
sentence of the introduction).
words.
You tell the reader to do something about the issue you are
discussing in your essay.
Persuasive essay: The conclusion