English 10 Persuasive Writing

to convince someone

• persuade
• inform

• entertain

• evidence

the subject that the author is talking about

• thesis

• topic
• claim
• evidence

the author's opinion about a topic

• position
• purpose
• persuade
• pathos

a reason that supports the author's position/claim

• supporting argument
• evidence
• claim

• topic

specific facts, statistics, examples, quotations, expert opinions, and personal examples

• evidence
• pathos
• position
• purpose

an author's positive or negative opinion about a person, group, or idea that influences how he or she writes about it

• bias
• logos
• pathos
• ethos

what people who disagree with the author think about the topic

• counterclaim
• claim
• purpose

the person or group of people we are writing for

• audience
• purpose
• logos
• bias

the sentence that contains a summary of the author's position and arguments

• thesis
• counterclaim
• evidence
• persuade

argument based on character or authority

• ethos
• pathos
• logos