Outlining the Persuasive Essay

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Today we're writing an outline and rough draft for a persuasive essay. Think about a time when you wanted to bring someone around to your point of view. How did you do it?

What is your topic? What do you want to change someone's mind about or talk them into doing?

Who is your audience? Parents? Girlfriend or boyfriend? Government? Friend(s)?

What is your position, pro or con?

Think about your topic, your audience, and your position as well as your arguments while writing your introductory paragraph.

List at least three arguments in order from strong, stronger, to the strongest arguments.

Wrap it all up in your conclusion.

For your first draft, start to come up with supporting details for the arguments you listed above. These will form your body paragraphs.

Compose your rough draft in Microsoft Word. For your font, use Arial, size 12. Double-space your paragraphs, please.