The Persuasive Essay Writing a Character Editorial Where

The Persuasive Essay Writing a Character Editorial

Where can we find Persuasion? • • • Advertisements Debates Speeches Teachers Students EDITORIALS

Advertisements l l l What is being sold? What is the point of this ad? What are the facts in this ad? What are the opinions in this ad? What does “Gold’n Plump” want you to believe about their chicken? What does this ad make you feel about OTHER brands of chicken? What do you like or dislike about the ad?

Debate Each candidate tries to convince viewers, or judges, that his or her position is the correct one. Candidates must be prepared for “counterarguments. ” That is, they must anticipate what the argument to their position will be.

Speeches

The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln, 1863 "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honoured dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. "

Speeches Persuasive Elements From: The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Fact: “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ” Opinion: “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. Call to Action: “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honoured dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. "

Teachers and Students

Editorials An editorial is a statement or article by a news organization (generally a newspaper or magazine) that expresses the opinion of the editor, editorial board, or publisher. Editorials are generally printed on their own page of a newspaper, and are always labeled as editorials/opinion (to avoid confusion with news coverage). They often address current events or public controversies.

Necessary Elements of an Editorial l Hook l Argument/point you are trying to prove l Facts/evidence to support opinion l Defense against a counterargument l Call to action l Editorial Writing

Group Activity In your small groups, come up with a list of answers to the following questions: 1. ) How did the writer begin the editorial? 2. ) What argument did s/he argue? 3. ) What supporting evidence did the writer provide in the editorial? 4. ) Can you find the counterargument? How did the writer defend against it? 5. ) Did the writer end the editorial with a call to action? If so, what is the call to action?

Number One Bad Person