PERSUASIVE WRITING

							                 PERSUASIVE WRITING

         An Outline for 7th Grade Persuasive Writing

                      By J. Corpening



1. INTRODUCTION

    a. WHO AM I? (I’M A WRITER)

    b. WHAT IS MY JOB?



2. OBJECTIVES:

    a. ESTABLISH THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSUASION

    b. DISCUSS TYPES OF PERSUASION THAT TAKE PLACE

       IN THE COURTROOM

    c. DISCUSS THE ROLE THAT WRITING PLAYS IN SOME

       OF THAT PERSUASION

    d. DISCUSS WHAT IT TAKES TO PERSUADE

    e. ESTABLISH WHY ALL OF THIS RELATES TO WRITING

       AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU



3. PERSUASION
    a. MOCK OPENING STATEMENT (MAKE AN OPENING

      STATEMENT)

    b. WHY IS PERSUSION IMPORTANT TO ME?

    c. WHAT HAPPENS IN MY WORLD WHEN I AM NOT

      PERSUADED? WHEN A JURY IS NOT PERSUADED?

    d. IMPORTANT?

    e. I LIVE, BREATHE, EAT, AND SLEEP PERSUASION:

      PERSUASION IS A FOUNDATION OF OUR JUDICIAL

      SYSTEM: WITHOUT PERSUASION, NOTHING

      HAPPENS.



4. TYPES OF PERSUASION IN THE COURTROOM

    a. ALL ABOUT BUILDING A CASE

    b. ABOUT ARGUMENT, COUNTER ARGUMENT

    c. BEST WAY TO ILLUSTRATE IS TO DISCUSS ROLES OF

      PERSUADERS

    d. ATTORNEY FOR STATE: JOB? DUTIES?

         i. ADVOCATE

        ii. ARGUE

        iii. PERSUADE
    e. ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT: JOB? DUTIES?

         i. ADVOCATE

        ii. ARGUE

        iii. PERSUADE

        iv. NOT ONLY TO PERSUADE, BUT MAKE COUNTER

           ARGUMENT TO STATE

         v. STATE’S RESPONSE BY COUNTER ARGUMENT

    f. WITNESS: ROLE IN PERSUASION?

         i. STORY TO TELL

        ii. IMPORTANT TO THE WITNESS?

    g. JUDGE:

         i. USUALLY THE ONE TO BE PERSUADED

        ii. OBLIGATION TO PERSUADE

    h. SOMETIMES OTHER ROLES, DIFFERENT LAWYERS:

      WHATEVER THEIR ROLE: PERSUASION IS THEIR

      MISSION



5. ROLE OF WRITING IN LEGAL PERSUASION

    a. CASE IS BUILT ON WRITING

         i. DOCUMENTATION/EVIDENCE/RESEARCH
        ii. PLEADINGS: COMPLAINTS, MOTIONS,

           RESPONSES/ANSWERS, DEFENSES

        iii. BRIEFS

        iv. ORDERS: THIS IS WHERE I PERSUADE.

              1. PERSUADE THE PARTIES TO FOLLOW MY

                 ORDER

              2. PERSUADE COURT OF APPEALS THAT I

                 FOLLOWED THE LAW IN ENTERING THE

                 ORDER

              3. MAINTAIN MY OWN CREDIBILITY

    b. KEY: CASE MUST BE BUILT

         i. WHY DO WE BUILD HOUSES ON FIRM

           FOUNDATIONS

        ii. CASE NOT BUILD ON A FIRM FOUNDATION,

           STEP BY STEP, FALLS IN THE WIND, SINKS IN

           THE QUICKSAND



6. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PERSUADE

    a. PREPARATION
b. EVIDENCE/DOCUMENTATION: IMPORTANT? KEY

  WORD: AUTHORITY!!!!

c. ORGANIZATION

    i. MUST FLOW

    ii. HAVE SOME ORDER

   iii. MAKE SENSE

d. MUST BE CREDIBLE: WHY IMPORTANT?

    i. WHAT MUST BE CREDIBLE?

         1. THE ADVOCATE

         2. POSITION TAKEN

         3. WHY ARE BOTH IMPORTANT

e. MUST ADVOCATE: POINT/COUNTERPOINT

f. MUST BE CONCISE

    i. WHEN A LAWYER QUESTIONS A WITNESS,

      WHAT’S THE POINT?

         1. WHAT EVIDENCE DO I HAVE, WHAT

           QUESTIONS CAN I ASK?

         2. DO I HAVE TO USE IT ALL?

         3. KEY: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE THE

           POINT?
         ii. WHEN A LAWYER SUBMITS A BRIEF, WHAT’S

            THE POINT?

              1. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

              2. REQUIRES EVALUATION

              3. REQUIRES CONSIDERATION AND

                ANTICIPATION OF RESPONSE

         iii. WHEN PLEADINGS ARE FILED, WHAT’S THE

            POINT?

         iv. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A LAWYER STRAYS

            FROM THE POINT?

              1. MISSES THE POINT?

              2. ISN’T PREPARED?



7. PERSUASION: DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT.



8. HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO WRITING IN GENERAL AND TO

  YOU?

    a. IS THE POET TRYING TO PERSUADE?

          i. READ POEM

    b. IS THE MYSTERY WRITER TRYING TO PERSUADE?
           i. READ INTRODUCTION

       c. IS THE BIOGRAPHER TRYING TO PERSUADE/

       d. THE MAGAZINE WRITER?

       e. THE NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST? EDITOR

       f. HOW DO THEY PERSUADE?

           i. THEY BUILD A CASE.



  9. SUMMARY:

       a. TO WRITE PERSUASIVELY:

           i. PREPARE

           ii. DOCUMENT

          iii. ORGANIZE

           iv. BE CREDIBLE

           v. BE CONCISE

       b. MOST IMPORTANTLY: WRITE



QUESTIONS??????