Persuasion Anticipation

Guide
You will need paper – MLA heading in the top left.
Instructions:
1. Answer the following on your own
notebook paper.
2. After all questions have been answered,
you will discuss with small groups.
3. Then, we will discuss as a whole class.
Question 1

Why is the art of persuasion so

important to study?
Question 2

In what ways can authors

persuade their audience?
 Question 3
Think of a time when you had to persuade
someone (friends, parents, teachers, bosses, etc.).
What did you have to persuade them on?
How did you persuade them -
(what techniques did you use)?
Question 4

What is the most persuasive speech

you have heard? This may have been
in a movie, TV show, or one you heard
in real life. What made it so
persuasive?
Share you ideas/opinions/experiences of
persuasion with two other people

What ideas/opinions/experiences did you have in

common?
Do you think persuasion is important to study? Does your
answer differ from them?
Using your phone or class dictionary –
define the following terms:

1. Simile 6. Parallel Structure

2. Metaphor 7. Tone
3. Understatement 8. Claim
4. Overstatement 9. Reason
5. Repetition 10. Coherent