In persuasive essay writing, you have to find solid ground to be able to get your point across to the readers, since the main purpose of such an essay, is to convince the reader to accept your reasoning. Before writing the essay, decide on your opinion and whether you have enough facts to back it up. It is important, at this stage, to think about how readers will react to your position and way of relaying the facts. Would they sympathize with you, or show hostility. The balance between the stronger supporting points, and adequate back-up information, is the key to writing a good persuasive essay.
A good strategy is to brainstorm before writing the essay, instead of coming up with ideas as you go along. This will help you, greatly, in the construction of your essay, since you will know how far each point can be developed, and in which order to place them, in your essay, if they are suitable. Continue reading How to Write a Persuasive Essay