27-write A Persuasive Essay Flashcards
For essay
Use stories to entertain and put your audience at cognitive ease
Essay ethos
Quirk it-personal essay is the best and use imperfection as a tool of self humbling
In essays
Set your topic right of the bat
Give it a twist: thankfulness
Try an epiphany: discovering the point
Show your flaws;
pathos: spread the love
Ethos is a kind of pathos
Narrative arc
Start: a hero has been forced out of his comfort zone by a challenge
And after many challenges wins at the climax
Logos: get inside their heads
You work off their beliefs and expectations by entertaining them
By using logos as an act of sympathy we are off to a good start
In essays
Find a hook
Do not express yourself relive their boredom
Write all about epiphany
Make yourself good and misrable
By changing from past to present tense
It is a close up shot in a movie
Steps of a good story
Character
Conflict
Suspense
Epiphany