Element #1 The Hook Grabbing the audience’s attention Use a story or a fact that the audience can relate with right at the beginning to get them interested in what you are going to write about in the rest of your paper. Element #2 Know your audience If you know who you are writing ...
Group Activity: You and your group have been approached to create a print ad (poster) using one of the persuasive techniques discussed today. You will pick a company, but you will be assigned a technique that must be used in the ad. Your task is to create an ad with a slogan that fi...
statistics Any facts or percentages that can make you sound smart or convincing Ex: 75% of people like chocolate ice cream the best. Charged language Making people feel strong emotions so they support you. Ex: This is not right! We can change this! Expert opinion An expert opinion is a b...
Persuasion begins with a claim Claim: the main point or argument Thesis statement Contention Elements of persuasion and argumentation: The basics of classical argument are the three types of appeals. Aristotle held that there were three ways to go about persuading an audience regarding a point. The...
What is Setting? Setting is the time and place of a story. It also includes the general environment The setting can be specific… Sterling, Virginia; 2000 The setting can also be vague Outer space; sometime in the future Why Does Setting Matter? Knowing when and where a story takes place...
Interrupters Use commas to set off elements that interrupt the sentence. Linda, please read the poem aloud. Direct address I like the image of the birds in flight, Mr. Ryan. Your comment, Bernie, is interesting. Parenthetical expressions Interrupters Use commas to set off elements that interru...
(chair of the ethics board for this uni) An offer to provide detailed information about the study (The potential use of the research findings) and/or where the findings can be found upon completion of the study -usually a web site. A place for the participant to sign and date the ...
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Keywords: multi-elemental analysis; trace elements; micronutrient; mineral status; human tissues; brain; liver; ...