Persuasive Essay
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bulletIn persuasive writing, students take a stance on a controversial issue and support that stance with arguments, facts, details, and examples. 
bulletA persuasive essay should have an introduction, a body, and a conclusion
bulletEach argument or reason should be developed in a separate paragraph
bulletEach paragraph would begin with a topic sentence
bulletThat topic sentence would be developed with at least three different facts, details, examples, etc.
 
Use the following links to learn more about Persuasive Essays:
What is Persuasive Writing?: Read about how a persuasive essay is organized
 
Persuasive Map Tool: Use this tool to create a persuasive map outline of your topic. Print it out when you are done
 
Evaluate Your Persuasive Essay: Use this tool to evaluate your essay.  Be sure to click on the "I don't know link, so you will get hints on how to improve each aspect of your essay.
 
Sentence Opening Sheet Revision Strategy:  Use this tool to revise the sentence structure of an essay.  You can print out a pdf version of the instructions.