IE3 Writing: Lesson 9

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Persuasion Essay:
In today's lesson, we started our next essay:  the persuasion essay.  We learned about the purpose and structure of a persuasion essay.  

A persuasion essay gives the writer's opinion on a topic and the writer wants to convince the reader to support his/her position (either for or against something). 

We also brainstormed a variety of topics that you can choose from for your topic. For this essay, you'll give your position (for or against) on a controversial topic.

Introduction Structure:
We also learned about the different parts of an introduction for a persuasion essay:  
a.  hook
b.  general statements:  information about both positions
c.  thesis statement

You can choose from four different hooks: 
a.  quotes
b.  questions
c.  statistics
d.  interesting facts

If you weren't in class today, make sure to download the Model Persuasion Essay, Writing your Introduction, and Introduction Guidelines.

Homework:

1. Bring three sources about your topic to class next week (two in English, one in Japanese)
   
2. Write your introduction

• email by Monday, June15 before 12:00 noon to ntakeda.aogaku@yahoo.com
  

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Model Persuasion Essay
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Writing your Introduction
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Introduction Guidelines
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