The Art of Persuasion

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Credits


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Task

This web-quest is all about real life persuasive writing and how we (and others in society) can use it to convince others that our opinions are correct!

Whether it's in winning a class election, talking your friends into seeing a scary movie, or convincing Mom and Dad that you absolutely must have that new cell phone, the persuasion skills that you learn through this web-quest will be invaluable to you in your day-to-day life.

During this web-quest lesson you will:

• Look around your own world to find persuasive messages in the media (think magazine ads, billboards, web-ads and TV commercials).

• Engage in a role-playing activity with a classmate.

• Search for, read, and evaluate op-ed columns on the web. You pick the topic; you pick the point of view; you pick the articles you want to read!

•  Choose an Op-ed article with which you disagree and write a response article defending an opposing position.