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    Ways to Persuade and Words to Use

    Types of arguments
    Pathos involves using emotional language that is
    designed to draw the reader in and make him feel for
    you. For example: "If my allowance isn’t increased, I
    won’t be able to go out with my friends and do
    everything they do."
    The big names strategy involves using the names of
    experts or well-known people who support your
    position. For example: "Dad agrees that increasing my
    allowance will..."
    Research and logos involve using studies, data, charts,
    illustrations, and logic to back position and points. For
    example: "As you can see in the pie chart, at my age the
    Continued
    The ethos strategy involves using language that shows that
    your trustworthy and believable. For example: "As you may
    recall, I’ve always been willing to put ten percent of my
    allowance in my bank account, thus..."
    Kairos creates a sense of urgency about how this is the right
    moment to act. For example: "If I don’t get an increase in my
    allowance today, I will miss out on the chance to..."
    Phrases to Avoid

    Using phrases like "I think" or "It seems that"


    don’t convey a sense of confidence in your
    position. Instead, use word combinations that
    show how much you believe in what you are
    writing.
    Phrases to use
    Phrases to Illustrate a Point:
    For instance, for example, specifically, in particular, namely, such as, like
    Phrases to...MORE Introduce an Example:
    For example, thus, as an example, in the instance of, in other words, to
    illustrate
    Phrases to Make Suggestions:
    To this end, keeping this in mind, for this purpose, therefore
    Phrases to Transition Between Information:
    Also, furthermore, additionally, besides that, equally as important,
    similarly, likewise, as a result, otherwise, however
    Phrases to Contrast Points:
    On the other hand, nevertheless, despite, in spite of, yet, conversely,
    instead, by the same token
    Phrases for Conclusions and Summarizing:
    With this in mind, as a result of, because of this, for this reason, so, due
    to, since, finally, in short, in conclusion
    Other Phrases
    Some phrases don’t easily fit into a category and are just good for general use in
    persuasive writing. Here are a few to remember:
    I am certain. . .
    I’m sure that you can see that . . .
    What needs to be done/what we need to do. . .
    I ask you to think about . . .
    I am writing in order to . . .
    Nevertheless . . .
    On the other hand . . .
    It has come to my attention that . . .
    If you move forward with . . .
    Obviously. . .
    Surely . . .
    Regardless . . .
    If [ ] were to happen, then . . .
    This can be fixed by . . .

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