Persuasion Essay Examples

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Jeremy Rifkin’s Persuasion on “Saving Our Planet” (612 words, 1 pages)

Jeremy Rifkin is an immensely persuasive writer and a fine synthesizer of cutting-edge ideas. Over the years he's taken on touchy subjects like the beef industry, energy consumption, green economics, and the future of work. As the president and founder of the Foundation on Economic Trends, he's also been active ... Read More

An Analysis of the Power of Persuasion in To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell (494 words, 1 pages)

In To His Coy Mistress, Andrew Marvell presents a speaker who appeals to his lover through persuasion. In the first part of the poem the speaker appeals to the character, in the second part he expresses his emotions, and in the third part the speaker uses reason. By using different ... Read More

An Observation of the Allure and Persuasion of the New Age Spiritual and Religious Movement (4577 words, 16 pages)

Preface The automatic and first context of an assessment of the New Age, as a ministerial student, is religious. For the purpose of this paper, however, I shall endeavor to limit the assessment of the New Age to the primary context of social psychology. As this paper is an exposition ... Read More

Processes of Persuasion and Cognitive Consistency in Forming Attitudes (955 words, 2 pages)

An attitude is a learned, stable, and relatively enduring evaluation of a person, object or idea that can influence an individual's behavior. However, sometimes individuals' attitudes on particular issues change through two main processes persuasion and cognitive consistency. Persuasion, or any attempt to change an attitude or behavior naturally varies ... Read More

The Use of Tone and Persuasion to Influence the Audience on the Issue of Gun Control in the NRA Press Release of Wayne Lapierre (1022 words, 3 pages)

Wayne Lapierre is a well-known American author and a huge supporter of the National Rifle Association. He is not only involved with the NRA fighting gun control, he has also written many books concerning gun control, like Guns, Crime, and Freedom America Disarmed Inside the U.N. and Obama's Scheme to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film Interpretation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion (825 words, 3 pages)

Jane Austens 1818 novel Persuasion (Strange, 1998) tells the story of Anne who falls in love with Captain Wentworth but they were no able to get marry. Lady Russell persuade her because he is from a poor family. Persuasion is set in 19th century England eight years later Captain Wentworth ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013