The most persuasive essay that we have read in class at the moment is From “Resistance to Civil Government” by Henry David Thoreau. It explains why the people have the right to resistance‚ the importance of majority opinion‚ and go against the government. Thoreau uses strong logical‚ emotional‚ and ethical appeals throughout the story to express his reasons for standing against the government. Thoreau uses logical appeal throughout the story to persuade the people about how the government
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|Name: |Date: | Graded Assignment Delivering a Persuasive Speech You will be delivering your speech today. The rubric that your teacher will use to grade your speech is on the next page. Read the hints below and review the rubric. Then get ready to take the spotlight! Note: You do not have to turn this page into your teacher. Your grade will be based
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When massive oil giant Shell released plans to start drilling in the Arctic‚ an environmental protection group‚ Greenpeace‚ began lobbying against them on basis of environmental grounds as this plan had the real possibility of severely harming the entire Arctic ecosystem by exacerbating the melting of the ice caps and releasing toxins into the environment that would be difficult to clean (“The Dangers”). Ultimately they won by attacking Shell’s highly-credible and well-liked partner‚ Lego‚ in hopes
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Chapter 24: Persuasive Speaking Goal: reach desired ends through an honest means I. Persuasion ‘the art’ –faculty of observing in a given case the available means of persuasion. Persuasion is symbolic‚ non-coercive (not forced) influence 3 factors: Context—social‚ cultural‚ political climate Agent—persuader Receiver—audience **Equal opp. To persuade‚ Complete revelation of agendas—let audience know complete list of goals and how you intend to get audience there‚ Critical receivers—have
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Week Four Discussion Questions • What different persuasive approaches would you use on the following audiences: a boss‚ a peer‚ a challenging person‚ or an open-minded person? I believe the approaches will and must differ if you want to be successful. Persuasion is meant to win others over‚ not to defeat them. Therefore‚ it is important to be able to see the topic from different angles in order to anticipate the reaction others have to a proposal. Since individuals in each of the roles
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Persuasive Oral Presentation Outline Task Sheet Professional Communication skills HBB 2033 MUHAMAD NORILLYAS BIN HUSSIN (15168) Title of presentation: Medan Selera Sri Iskandar as a lunch venue alternative for UTP Student 1) Justify your topic by describing the problem that you have identified * Poor service and expensive price of the food in UTP giving a nightmare to the entire student in UTP. Unfortunately‚ without any power and choice they have to accept whatever it is. Although there
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When delivering a persuasive speech‚ it is important to think about the ethical appeal‚ or ethos. Simply put‚ you will be able to convince more people if they believe you are a credible source‚ you have done your homework and you are putting forth the necessary information. I argued that the speaker’s credibility must be built and established in each speech; that what the speaker did or said before did not matter. It is important to realize that nowadays there are three different types of credibility
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Persuasive Essay Overpopulation Overpopulation is becoming one of the most preeminent problems facing human civilization. This complicated‚ pervasive issue will come to be a problem of the utmost importance for people of all races‚ religions‚ and nationalities. Our planet now provides for approximately 5.8 billion people‚ with projections of around 10 billion by the year 2050. Two billion of these are extremely poor‚ the poorest of which live in absolute poverty and misery. One very serious
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Persuasive Essay An abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy by the removal of a fetus/embryo from the uterus resulting in death. I do not see how that cannot be considered as murder. When a life is purposefully taken by another person‚ it is murder. There are many other options for mothers that are not ready to be mothers. Having your baby aborted is not the answer; it is just the easiest way to deal with your problem. If a mother is considering having an abortion‚ she can put
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