Persuasive Writing

What should your thesis include?

• ,reference to the article stance, and claim

• evidence

• author, title, characterization, and theme

• author, title, theme

A hook can be

• A quote from the article giving the main idea

• an interesting statement

• a question

• Any of the above

The main idea sentence should include

• Your stance and claim

• A brief statement about the article

• A summary of the article

• Author, title, characterization, theme

What is the right way to cite a quote?

• "People need to consistently wash their hands" Uhl 1

• "All fifty states have reported cases of the Coronavirus" (Uhl 2).

• After all this is done people will be "I'm glad that is over"

• "Who knows what normal will look like after all of this"

Background should include

• My stance

• You must include SWBST

• Write a brief sentence about what the article is talking about.

• My claim

My link one should start with....

• This further proves the theme...

• The reader learns...

• This proves in the story...

• This is about the connection to the real world

My link one should describe..

• how my evidence supports my stance

• should be a real world connection

• should restate your thesis

• the reader learns...

My link 2 should start with

• SWBST

• In the article, the author discusses...

• The reader learns...

• This proves (my stance) because.....

What is the purpose of a link 2?

• To support why my stance and is correct by giving a real world example.

• To restate the thesis

• To remember the stance

• To remember the claim

The purpose of this writing style is to

• inform

• entertain

• persuade