Persuasive Essays TEKS

2.20A 3.21A and 4.19A 5.19A

Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the write persuasive texts to influence the write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific attitudes or actions of a specific attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students audience on specific issues. Students audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive are expected to write persuasive essays are expected to write persuasive essays statements about issues that are for appropriate audiences that establish for appropriate audiences that establish important to the student for the a position and use supporting details. a position and include sound reasoning, appropriate audience in the school, detailed and relevant evidence, and home, or local community. consideration of alternatives.

PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT ESTABLISH A POSITION AND USE ESTABLISH A POSITION AND USE ESTABLISH A POSITION AND SUPPORTING DETAILS SUPPORTING DETAILS INCLUDE SOUND REASONING, Persuasive essay - a short piece of Persuasive essay - a short piece of DETAILED AND RELEVANT writing to try to persuade the reader to writing to try to persuade the reader to EVIDENCE, AND a specific point of view a specific point of view CONSIDERATIONS OF Position - an opinion about a particular Position - an opinion about a particular ALTERNATIVES subject subject Persuasive essay - a short piece of Purpose of persuasive writing: Purpose of persuasive writing: writing to try to persuade the reader to  Influence  Influence a specific point of view  Convince  Convince Sound reasoning - devices to persuade  Express  Express readers (e.g., examples, statistics,  Promote a particular point of view  Promote a particular point of view testimonials, etc.) to a particular point  Justify a position  Justify a position of view Note: Both facts and opinions are used Note: Both facts and opinions are used Relevant evidence - facts or thoughts in persuasive writing. in persuasive writing. that support the writer’s beliefs in order to sway or change the reader's mind Consideration of alternatives - the reasons why the reader should be persuaded to consider the writer’s position, proposition, etc. Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and include sound reasoning, detailed and relevant evidence, and consideration of alternatives. 6.18A 7.18A 8.18A Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students (A) establishes a clear thesis or (A) establishes a clear thesis or position; write persuasive texts to influence position; (B) considers and responds to the views of the attitudes or actions of a specific (B) considers and responds to the views others and anticipates and answers reader audience on specific issues. Students of others and anticipates and answers concerns and counter-arguments; and are expected to write persuasive reader concerns and counter-arguments; (C) includes evidence that is logically essays for appropriate audiences that and organized to support the author's viewpoint establish a position and include (C) includes evidence that is logically and that differentiates between fact and sound reasoning, detailed and organized to support the author's opinion. relevant evidence, and consideration viewpoint and that differentiates of alternatives. between fact and opinion. Establish Establish Establish A POSITION AND INCLUDE A CLEAR THESIS OR POSITION A CLEAR THESIS OR POSITION SOUND REASONING, DETAILED Thesis/Position - a statement or Thesis/Position - a statement or premise AND RELEVANT EVIDENCE, premise supported by arguments. supported by arguments. AND CONSIDERATIONS OF In order to establish a clear thesis or n order to establish a clear thesis or ALTERNATIVES position, a statement must be composed. position, a statement must be composed. Including, but not limited to: The statement declares what the author The statement declares what the author  Sound reasoning - device to believes and what the author intends to believes and what the author intends to persuade readers (e.g., examples, prove. (This is the thesis or position prove. (This is the thesis or position statistics, testimonials, etc.) of the statement.) statement.) benefits of decisions or actions Considers and responds to the views Considers and responds to the views of recommended of others and anticipates and answers others and anticipates and answers  Relevant evidence - facts or readers concerns and readers concerns and thoughts that support the writer’s counterarguments. counterarguments. beliefs in order to sway or change the Consider, Respond Consider, Respond reader's mind TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS  Consideration of alternatives – the Anticipate, Answer Anticipate, Answer reasons why the readers should be READER’S CONCERNS AND READER’S CONCERNS AND persuaded to consider the writer’s COUNTER ARGUMENTS COUNTER ARGUMENTS position, proposition, etc. Counter argument - when the author Counter argument - when the author turns  Persuasive essay - a short piece of turns against his/her argument to against his/her argument to challenge it writing intended to convince the challenge it and then turns back to re- and then turns back to re-affirm it (It is an reader about an issue affirm it (It is an objection to the objection to the objection. Used to objection. Used to strengthen the strengthen the author’s position.) author’s position.) organized to support the author’s organized to support the author’s viewpoint and that differentiates viewpoint and that differentiates between fact and opinion. between fact and opinion. Include Include EVIDENCE THAT IS LOGICALLY EVIDENCE THAT IS LOGICALLY ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE AUTHOR’S VIEWPOINTS AND AUTHOR’S VIEWPOINTS AND THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION FACT AND OPINION Including, but not limited to: Including, but not limited to:  Sound reasoning - (examples,  Sound reasoning - (examples, statistics, and testimonials free of statistics, and testimonials free of opinion) opinion)  Relevant evidence supported with facts  Relevant evidence supported with facts