This chapter overviews persuasive writing and questions you should ask yourself while reading a persuasive paper. It explains how to evaluate persuasive writting and what different important pieces the paper should include. The chapter also overviews different persuasive strategies when writing a paper. This will be very useful for me because it isnt always easy writting a persuasive paper. Also, this chapter explains how to critique and how to evaluate if the author succeeded his or her purpose.
This chapter did outline persuasive writing. It talked about the language you need to use when writing a persuasive paper. In the section where it talked about persuasive strategies, there were a lot listed. You need clearly defined terms, Fair use of information, Emotionally loaded terms are often used. These are used in attempt to change the readers mind by using emotional words. Some more strategies are, Faulty cause and effect, Either/or reasoning, Hasty generilization, false analogy, begging the question, non sequitur, and oversimplification. All these different strategies are used when writing persuasive papers. This chapter also outlined out to write a critique. The book broke the critique down into five sections: the introduction, summary, assessment of the presentation, your response, and the conclusion. In your critique you always want to include what extent the author made their point and if you agree or disagree with them. This chapter was very useful for me. The outline on writing a critique was very useful for me because there is a lot involved when evaluating someone else's writing.
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This chapter overviews
-->provides an overview of
persuasive writing and questions
-->suggestions questions
you should ask yourself while reading a persuasive paper. It explains
how to evaluate persuasive writting and what different important
-->[Omit "different"]
pieces the paper should include. The chapter also overviews
-->also reviews
different
-->various
persuasive strategies when writing a paper.
-->strategies. [Delete rest.]
This will be very useful for me because it isnt
-->isn't
always easy writting a
-->easy to write a [Note: "writing" has one T."]
persuasive paper. Also, this chapter explains how to critique and how to evaluate if
-->whether
the author succeeded his or her purpose.
-->has succeeded in
This chapter did outline persuasive writing. It talked about
-->discusses
the language you need to use when writing a persuasive paper. In
the section where it talked about
-->in the section about
persuasive strategies, there were a lot listed.
-->The section about persuasive strategies was quite informative.
You need clearly defined terms, Fair use of
information, Emotionally loaded terms are often used.
-->You need to define your terms clearly, use information fairly, and ... [The rest is a misrepresentation. "Emotionally-loaded words" were mentioned as a fallacy, not a useful strategy. Rephrase.]
These are used in attempt to change the readers mind by using emotional
words.
-->[Circular, redundant: "These" = "emotionally loaded terms"; so you have "Emotionally loaded terms are used ... by using emotional words." Rephrase.]
Some more strategies
-->Some other fallacies
are, Faulty
-->are faulty
cause and effect, Either/or
-->either/or
reasoning, Hasty generilization,
-->generalization,
false analogy, begging
the question, non sequitur, and oversimplification. All these different strategies
-->All these fallacies
are used when writing persuasive papers.
-->should be avoided. [You seem to have missed something.]
This chapter also outlined out
-->explains
to write a critique. The book broke the critique down
-->The authors break down the critique
into five sections: the introduction,
-->[delete "the"]
summary, assessment of the presentation, your response, and the conclusion. In your critique you always want to include what
extent
-->indicate to what exten
the author made their point
--> has successfully conveyed his point
and if you
-->and also whether or not you
agree or disagree with them. This chapter was very useful for me. The outline
on writing a critique was very useful for me because there is a lot involved when evaluating someone else's writing.
-->This chapter was extremely useful to me, especially the advice on how to write a critique.