Persuasive Writing Work in Session: Animal Rights

As we develop our personal first drafts, we are researching valid support from multiple resources.   As you take your essay through the Writer's Process, please consider how you might improve it through each of the six traits of writing.

1. Ideas: Are they valid, supported by research, original and compelling?
2. Organization:  Are your ideas supported by a logical or intentional organization pattern?  Do you support your ideas with multiple details?
3. Voice: Is your personal perspective evident in the writing? Does your essay evoke your intended emotion?
4. Word Choice: Are there ways to insert high level vocabulary to enhance your argument?
5. Sentence Fluency:  Does the flow of your sentences add or detract from your overall message? Do your sentence patterns vary for interest or repeat for emphasis?
6. Conventions:  Is your work free of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors?

Lastly, please consider your essay and evaluate it for evidence/examples of the persuasive elements.
Ethos (credibility, character, authority), Pathos (emotional appeal), Logos (logical appeal using statistics and logic), Kairos (timeliness, opportunity)