HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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HENRY DAVID THOREAU

• From CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

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ARGUMENT

• IS A FORM OF PERSUASION
• THAT USES LOGIC, REASONS,
• AND EVIDENCE TO INFLUENCE
• AN AUDIENCES IDEAS OR
• ACTIONS.

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VALID ARGUMENT

• RELIES ON LOGIC-THE PROCESS
• OF CLEAR, WELL-ORGANIZE
• THINKING THAT LEADS TO A
• REASONABLE CONCLUSION.

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• FOUR MAJOR POINTS WITHIN THOREAUS ESSAY

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• GOVERNMENT IS A MEANS TO AN END.
• 2. THE MAJORITY WILL INEVITABLY, IN SOME
  INSTANCES, HARM THE MINORITY.

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• PEOPLE HAVE AN OBLIGATION NOT TO SUPPORT WHAT
  THEY FEEL IS WRONG.

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• THE FREE AND
• ENLIGHTENED STATE IS ONE THAT WILL
  RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL AS A HIGHER POWER.

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• MAHONDAS K. GANDHI
• On the Eve of Historic
• DANDI MARCH

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• GANDHI SUGGESTS THAT
• INDIANS RISE UP AGAINST THE
• RULING BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

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NELSON MANDELA

• FROM
• LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

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• DETECTING BIAS PERSUASIVE MESSAGES, SUCH AS
  ADVERTISEMENTS, EDITORIALS, AND POLITICAL
  CAMPAIGNS, APPEAL HEAVILY TO AN AUDIENCES
  EMOTIONS.

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BANDWAGON APPEAL

• ATTEMPTS TO MAKE PEOPLE
• THINK THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS
• DOING SOMETHING.

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LOADED LANGUAGE

• IS WORDS WITH STRONG
• CONNOTATIONS.

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TESTIMONIALS

• SUPPLY ENDORSEMENTS
• FROM EXPERTS OR
• CELEBRITIES.

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POLLING RESULTS

• OFFER NUMBERS TO SHOW
• SUPPORT FOR A CERTAIN
• VIEWPOINT.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

• From
• LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL

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PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES

• LOGIC CONCERNING
• ALABAMAS LAWS

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• ANECDOTE KING USES HIS
• ACCOUNT OF HIS
• ARREST FOR
• MARCHING
• WITHOUT A
• PARADE
• PERMIT.

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• KINGS FINAL SENTENCE
• APPEALS TO THE READERS
• CONSCIENCE IT IS AN
• ETHICAL OR MORAL
• ARGUMENT.

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