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Persusive Argument

What is a persuasive/argument essay?

Persuasive essays are also known as  argument essay or position papers.

The idea is to create a logical argument to persude people that your idea or argument or position is more reasonable or sound than another one.You try to write things in a way that gets people to believe your idea, or take action.

Some of the ways you can do this is by appealing to reason or emotion, and most important by stating facts, evidence, and examples from research, case histories, and testimony or quotes from experts, legal cases, scientific experiments, or people with first hand knowledge.

 

Persuasive arguments are like a debate!

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