Persuasion (Week 7)

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to deal with persuasive writing. How many expressions can we find to help us to be persuasive? 

The following expressions are useful to mean persuasion in English:
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 . . .
Although it may seem...

The previous examples can be found in  https://www.thoughtco.com/words-to-make-a-persuasive-argument-2086735

Other expressions that may help to adopt a persuasive tone:

I am speaking to you today because...
This needs to be dealt with 
It will ruin our quality of life. 
No-one but a complete idiot will believe that... 
Of course... 
Local people feel that... 
This will mean that... 
Another thing... 
Just think about... 
How could you (we) possibly... 
What would happen if... 
Do you want to be part of... 

In the following text, the writer is giving his opinion about the matter of lockers at school. I will underline the expressions that s/he uses for hypothesising: 

Lockers for Everyone

What would you think if you had to put your personal belongings in a crate, and every time you turn around something of yours were stolen? That is why I think students should have lockers. To protect their things, keep their things somewhere clean, and so they won't have to complain about carrying everything at once.

Students should have lockers because it will stop people from stealing their stuff.  For example, the children won't have to worry about their books, homework assignments, and personal belongings being stolen. The reason for this is that the children will have their own lockers plus their own locks, which only they have the combination to.  This will reduce cases where things are being stolen.

Students also should have lockers so they will have a clean place to put their books. What I mean by this is that many desks are rusty and have gum stuck under them.  Also, if you put you stuff into a crate then it is easily collecting dust. This connects to my argument because their stuff will be kept very clean in a neat environment if students are given lockers to use.  

My final reason why I think students should have lockers is so students won't complain about caring everything at once. The things that they may be caring everyday are very heavy.  This is important because students may suffer health problems from having to carry all their stuff everywhere.  Why carry books everyday why you can eliminate the pain by having a locker to store the things you don't need?  Also, they're always whining about having to carry all their books.  If we had lockers everyone would be happier.

          In conclusion I think students should have lockers. If we have lockers stealing in school would go down, it would create a safe and clean place for students to put their things, and students would complain less and be healthier.  If we had lockers, the school would be a happier place for everyone.  If you don't want your things stolen, contact your principal and demand lockers for your school.

https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/writing-worksheets/persuasive-essay-examples.htm

The writer uses several underline expressions in order to point out his opinion. Besides, the persuasive tone that s/he adopts in the text helps to highlight his hypothesis. 

I hope my blog gives you an idea about how to be persuasive through your writing. 

Have a good week!

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This week I've been translating an Irish legend written in Old English into Spanish. Such a challenging task to do!