This PPT provides steps and examples that will guide you through writing a persuasive essay!

1. The Persuasive Essay By: Gina Finelli

2. What is a Persuasive Essay?

3. In an episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Marie writes a persuasive letter to the FBI interviewer whom is interviewing Robert (her son)… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cThuaPUD_Q&feature=PlayList&p=16B069ABF7F24A36&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15 What is the issue that Marie is arguing to the FBI boss? What reasons/examples does she use in her letter to persuade the boss?

4. Persuasive Essay Plan

5. Persuasive Essay Format Example

6. 5 Persuasive Essay Steps

8. Blackberry

9. Yankees

12. Pepperoni Pizza (1 slice): 338

13. 12” Italian Hoagie : 1004

15. Final Thoughts… 5. Wrap up your final thoughts, and restate your opinions in the last paragraph on the essay

17. Preparation for Standardized Testing

18. Relativity: Writing to a newspaper on a local/national issue that concerns you

19. Or to sway a institution/company’s decision

20. Provides practice for college admissions/cover letter writingHave you ever wrote a persuasive letter?

21. References http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cThuaPUD_Q http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/51043.php http://caloriecount.about.com/ http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8neJpsFmzQg/0.jpg www.janaedwards.com (Persuasive Essay format Word doc.) http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-5/conan-obrien-and-jay-leno.jpg http://www.writeexpress.com/writing-a-conclusion-for-an-essay.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpJQLdRNrPE http://www.derii.org/images/phillies1.jpg http://www.bronxbabe.com/yankees.jpg