Introduction to Persuasive Essay Writing: Hook Statements An essay’s "hook" is something in the first paragraph--usually the first sentence or two--that draws the reader in and makes him want to continue to read. The hook’s tone should match that of your essay (serious‚ humorous‚ academic)‚ and it should support your central argument or main point. You might want to wait to write a hook until the rest of the essay has been written‚ so you will know what you want the hook to say and how you want
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Persuasive Presentation (Recruiter Presentation) worksheet 1) Introduction a) Attention-getter: After graduating from University of Wisconsin Madison with a pair of mechanical engineering degrees‚ William Harley and Arthur Davidson founded Harley Davidson. A little more than one hundred later‚ Harley Davidson is known around the world as the as the leading manufactuer in luxury motorcyles. b) Purpose statement (one brief sentence): My name is Nick Boyce and I am a talent acquisition manager
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cinematic techniques to manipulate his audience. For instance‚ editing‚ music & sound‚ use of archival footage‚ and political agenda/bias. One of the cinematic techniques that Moore uses that is most affective in his documentary is editing. For example; Charlton Heston’s speech. Charlton Heston‚ being the president of the National Rifle Association (NRA)‚ was an easy target to blame for America’s astronomical amount of people that are killed by firearms. Moore uses two of Charlton’s speeches by
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When massive oil giant Shell released plans to start drilling in the Arctic‚ an environmental protection group‚ Greenpeace‚ began lobbying against them on basis of environmental grounds as this plan had the real possibility of severely harming the entire Arctic ecosystem by exacerbating the melting of the ice caps and releasing toxins into the environment that would be difficult to clean (“The Dangers”). Ultimately they won by attacking Shell’s highly-credible and well-liked partner‚ Lego‚ in hopes
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Introduction Abortion is one of the most debatable and controversial issues that exist today in our society. There are people who support the idea that it should be a choice of each and every woman – whether to do it or not‚ while others claim that no one has a power to decide‚ whether to bring life on the planet‚ or put an end to it. (writings) I believe that there is no other option than to choose life. 1.) In my opinion many women are very unaware of how fast a baby develops. A.) At
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“Going For the Look” persuasive Essay The practice of hiring people based on their looks has been common in many different companies. In the article‚ “Going for the look‚ but risking discrimination‚” by Steven Greenhouse‚ he presents information about how companies hire people. Some companies choose to hire based on skill‚ others on looks. Companies shouldn’t hire based on looks because they may face discrimination laws and less attractive workers may have a better work ethic then attractive employees
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Even though David Leonhardt and Freeman Hrabowski both address the idea that college is worth it in the long run‚ Leonhardt provides a further convincing argument by revealing where exactly college fits into our constantly growing society‚ using persuasive word choice‚ and constantly incorporating facts and statistics. College is an immense
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Antigone Persuasive Essay “I have killed my son and my wife; my comfort lies here dead”(135). Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Eurydice have all died from killing themselves. After Antigone died‚ it started a chain reaction of deaths. Creon thought he had to show qualities of being a strong king‚ but he should have known when he crossed the line. Creon is to blame for the suicides of Antigone‚ Haemon‚ and Eurydice‚ and two characteristics he has is being a greedy king‚ and selfishness to listen to people
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Persuasive Essay The Hobbit Book Report The Hobbit was one of the best stories I have read. Therefore‚ I think it should stay in the current high school curriculum. This story of adventure is about a benign‚ ignorant creature called a hobbit. This hobbit’s name is Bilbo Baggins. One day‚ Bilbo gets an unexpected party in his hobbit- hole from twelve dwarves and the wizard‚ Gandalf the Gray. He is then recruited to be their burglar on their way to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim
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This is the Way the Cookie Crumbles “Mommy‚” a five year-old child states‚ “this food is tastier than the other kind.” The reason for this is simple; genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is modification of a plant’s or animal’s DNA. Scientists do this to enhance a certain gene within the organism. Some opponents of genetically modified food argue that growing this kind of food will ruin the environment and the ecosystem permanently. In fact‚ genetically modified food is beneficial for
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