Persuasive Writing

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Persuasive Writing
By Bree Rolfe
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Persuasive Essay
An essay that states your stance on a particular
issue. Basically, it is a an essay that offers a
solution to a problem.
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The HEAD of our Essay
For example Almost every day on the morning
announcements, Ms. MacInnis reminds the students
to clean up after themselves during the
mega-lunch. However, not all students are
helping keep the school clean and safe.
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The NECK of our Essay
What is your opinion???
For example Students need to take pride in
their school and treat it with respect.
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The BODY of our Essay

• Give three reasons why you are taking your
  stand.
• First of all, the custodians clean all day long
  and are some of the hardest working
• people in the school.
• 2. Also, as Ms. MacInnis has stated many times,
  trash on the ground is a safety hazard.
• 3. Finally, a school that
• is not clean reflects badly on its students and
  faculty.

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An ARM of our Essay
Support your arguments with evidence and
examples. Your English teachers call this
elaboration.
Finally, a school that is not clean reflects
badly on its students and faculty. There are
often visitors touring our school, such as
representatives from prestigious universities,
like the University of Texas, that come for
college fairs, and we do not want to make a bad
impression.
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The other ARM of our essay
Opposing viewpoints are rebutted. You shut down
the opposition.
Some people think that its the custodians job
to pick up trash. However, a custodians job
involves much more than cleaning. They have to
maintain the building. If they are swamped with
having to clean up students trash, they cant do
other things like change light bulbs in
classrooms, move furniture and paint.
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One LEG of our essay
If you are going to complain about something, you
must have a better way of doing it.
Students who are caught littering or not cleaning
up their debris from lunch or breakfast, should
receive a consequence such as a written warning
and, for chronic offenders, a lunch detention
where they have to assist the custodians in
collecting trash.
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The other LEG of our essay
Students need to take a more active role in
helping to maintain the schools appearance.
Students should encourage one another to be both
responsible and respectful by cleaning up after
themselves.