Persuasive Essays TEKS
2.20A
3.21A and 4.19A
5.19A
Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students
write persuasive texts to influence the
attitudes or actions of a specific
audience on specific issues. Students
are expected to write persuasive
statements about issues that are
important to the student for the
appropriate audience in the school,
home, or local community.
Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students
write persuasive texts to influence the
attitudes or actions of a specific
audience on specific issues. Students
are expected to write persuasive essays
for appropriate audiences that establish
a position and use supporting details.
Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students
write persuasive texts to influence the
attitudes or actions of a specific
audience on specific issues. Students
are expected to write persuasive essays
for appropriate audiences that establish
a position and include sound
reasoning, detailed and relevant
evidence, and consideration of
alternatives.
PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR
APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT
ESTABLISH A POSITION AND USE
SUPPORTING DETAILS
Persuasive essay - a short piece of
writing to try to persuade the reader to
a specific point of view
Position - an opinion about a particular
subject
Purpose of persuasive writing:
Influence
Convince
Express
Promote a particular point of view
Justify a position
Note: Both facts and opinions are used
in persuasive writing.
PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR
APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT
ESTABLISH A POSITION AND USE
SUPPORTING DETAILS
Persuasive essay - a short piece of
writing to try to persuade the reader to
a specific point of view
Position - an opinion about a particular
subject
Purpose of persuasive writing:
Influence
Convince
Express
Promote a particular point of view
Justify a position
Note: Both facts and opinions are used
in persuasive writing.
PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR
APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT
ESTABLISH A POSITION AND
INCLUDE SOUND REASONING,
DETAILED AND RELEVANT
EVIDENCE, AND
CONSIDERATIONS OF
ALTERNATIVES
Persuasive essay - a short piece of
writing to try to persuade the reader to
a specific point of view
Sound reasoning - devices to persuade
readers (e.g., examples, statistics,
testimonials, etc.) to a particular point
of view
Relevant evidence - facts or thoughts
that support the writer’s beliefs in
order to sway or change the reader's
mind Consideration of alternatives the reasons why the reader should be
persuaded to consider the writer’s
position, proposition, etc.
Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on
specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and
include sound reasoning, detailed and relevant evidence, and consideration of alternatives.
6.18A
7.18A
8.18A
Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students
(A) establishes a clear thesis or
(A) establishes a clear thesis or position;
write persuasive texts to influence
position;
(B) considers and responds to the views of
the attitudes or actions of a specific
(B) considers and responds to the views others and anticipates and answers reader
audience on specific issues. Students of others and anticipates and answers
concerns and counter-arguments; and
are expected to write persuasive
reader concerns and counter-arguments; (C) includes evidence that is logically
essays for appropriate audiences that and
organized to support the author's
establish a position and include
(C) includes evidence that is logically
viewpoint and that differentiates between
sound reasoning, detailed and
organized to support the author's
fact and opinion.
relevant evidence, and consideration
viewpoint and that differentiates
of alternatives.
between fact and opinion.
Establish
Establish
Establish
A POSITION AND INCLUDE
A CLEAR THESIS OR POSITION
A CLEAR THESIS OR POSITION
SOUND REASONING, DETAILED Thesis/Position - a statement or
Thesis/Position - a statement or premise
AND RELEVANT EVIDENCE,
premise supported by arguments.
supported by arguments.
AND CONSIDERATIONS OF
In order to establish a clear thesis or
n order to establish a clear thesis or
ALTERNATIVES
position, a statement must be composed. position, a statement must be composed.
Including, but not limited to:
The statement declares what the author
The statement declares what the author
Sound reasoning - device to
believes and what the author intends to
believes and what the author intends to
persuade readers (e.g., examples,
prove. (This is the thesis or position
prove. (This is the thesis or position
statistics, testimonials, etc.) of the
statement.)
statement.)
benefits of decisions or actions
Considers and responds to the views
Considers and responds to the views of
recommended
of others and anticipates and answers others and anticipates and answers
Relevant evidence - facts or
readers concerns and
readers concerns and
thoughts that support the writer’s
counterarguments.
counterarguments.
beliefs in order to sway or change the Consider, Respond
Consider, Respond
reader's mind
TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS
TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS
Consideration of alternatives – the Anticipate, Answer
Anticipate, Answer
reasons why the readers should be
READER’S CONCERNS AND
READER’S CONCERNS AND
persuaded to consider the writer’s
COUNTER ARGUMENTS
COUNTER ARGUMENTS
position, proposition, etc.
Counter argument - when the author
Counter argument - when the author turns
Persuasive essay - a short piece of turns against his/her argument to
against his/her argument to challenge it
writing intended to convince the
challenge it and then turns back to reand then turns back to re-affirm it (It is an
reader about an issue
affirm it (It is an objection to the
objection to the objection. Used to
objection. Used to strengthen the
strengthen the author’s position.)
author’s position.)
organized to support the author’s
organized to support the author’s
viewpoint and that differentiates
viewpoint and that differentiates
between fact and opinion.
Include
between fact and opinion.
Include
EVIDENCE THAT IS LOGICALLY
EVIDENCE THAT IS LOGICALLY
ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE
ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE
AUTHOR’S VIEWPOINTS AND
AUTHOR’S VIEWPOINTS AND
THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN
THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION
FACT AND OPINION
Including, but not limited to:
Including, but not limited to:
Sound reasoning - (examples,
Sound reasoning - (examples,
statistics, and testimonials free of
statistics, and testimonials free of
opinion)
opinion)
Relevant evidence supported with facts
Relevant evidence supported with
facts