If you were asked to write a persuasive essay twenty years ago, you had two choices on how you could put your final work together.
Your could write it. Or you could type it.
Do you even remember what an 80′s typewriter looked like. I am going to guess no. Technology has changed a lot in the last two decades. You have streaming media, mp4, flash animation … the list goes on. But there is a downside to have access to technology – you are expected to use it. Previous generations were expected to hand in 1000 words on white paper. Today, you are expected to embrace the different forms of media. Here is a good example how the visual can have as much impact as the written word -
Persuasive Essay Video
Normally a persuasive essay requires putting pen to paper. But the written word is but one communicaiton medium. There are of course others – an audio recording, a live presentation and a video are 3 come to mind. Regardless of how you tell your story to your audience, the concept of persuasion is still the same.
To illustrate, here is a persuasive video. It uses the old addage of a picture is worth a thousand words. It is light on the actual word content, but instead relies on images to generate an emotional response from the viewer. Some heavy metal music as a background track also highlights the emotional state the author wants you to be in.
I hope this inspires you to learn -
Learning how to write a persuasive essay is earier if you start with a set of rules. In this video, we have 25 rules. I happen to agree with 23 of them – I personally don’t care about indented parapgraphs. Nor is the use of transition words set in stone. English is fun – use rules to help you write, not paralyse your creativity.