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Twisting Arms: Teaching Students How to Write to Persuade

Twisting Arms: Teaching Students How to Write to Persuade
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Take your students step-by-step through the process of writing a persuasive paper using the easy-to-use, easy-to-understand lessons in Twisting Arms. The book also includes helpful information on conducting research, avoiding plagiarism, rebutting arguments, and more. Best of all, Twisting Arms helps students start with a topic that they are already passionate about and funnel their opinions into an organized and persuasive paper.

While this book covers a lot of information, it is designed so that teachers can pick and choose the activities best suited for their classroom. Use the book as an integral part of a large persuasive writing unit, or choose various activities throughout the year to focus on different skills. Some of the topics included in this book include:
- fact versus opinion;
- avoiding wishy-washy terms;
- Aristotle's three modes of persuasion;
- plagiarism;
- using tradition words;
- and much more.
Country USA
Brand Prufrock Press
Manufacturer Prufrock Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781877673658
ReleaseDate 2005-02-01

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