Identify the two most common persuasive strategies used in this area.

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COM 470 Argumentation and Persuasion
Final Paper Guidelines
Fall 2016

Purpose of Paper
This paper will be written as analyses that you have done to demonstrate your knowledge and expertise in persuasion on a particular topic. The topic of the paper can be of your choosing – a particular advertisement campaign, political debate, health care laws – BUT it must connect to class concepts. This is not a paper where you voice your opinion; this paper is a strong analysis of persuasion attempts and strategies. In this paper, you will examine and evaluate the persuasion in a particular issue or product. You must provide a copy of the issue or the product in the appendices.

Please note this paper is not easy. It will take time and thought. PLEASE do not wait until last minute to complete this paper. This is a 400-level course, which means that this class is supposed to encompass your best work and display the knowledge, expertise and competency you have gained in all of your courses in terms of writing, analysis, ability to present ideas, and cognitive ability.

Core Part of Paper:
The focus of your paper is to utilize your experience and expertise in persuasion to examine a persuasive context surrounding an issue or product. In order to do this you must:

– Identify the experience, issue, product etc. that you have chosen to focus on and justify why it is an important area of inquiry and warrants our time for analysis and consideration in persuasion. Include no fewer than TWO and no more than FIVE peer-review journal articles as citations to support your introduction/rationale in this area of the paper (articles must have been published since 2000 to develop the emphasis you have for your evaluation).

– Identify the two most common persuasive strategies used in this area. For each, you must explain the persuasive strategy, as well as provide proof of the persuasive strategy through examples. You must include 3-5 examples for each persuasive strategy. Include no fewer than TWO and no more than FIVE peer-review journal articles as citations to support your introduction/rationale in this area of the paper (articles must have been published since 2000 to develop the emphasis you have for your evaluation).

– Explain WHY you think these are the most common persuasive strategies for this experience, issue, product, and discuss the pros and cons of each persuasive strategy. Include no fewer than TWO and no more than FIVE peer-review journal articles as citations to support your evaluation in this area of the paper (articles must have been published since 2000 to develop the emphasis you have for your evaluation).

– Via compare and contrast, identify the persuasive strategy that your expertise considers most effective and/or appropriate (explain & justify). Include no fewer than TWO and no more than FIVE peer-review journal articles as citations to support your introduction/rationale in this area of the paper (articles must have been published since 2000 to develop the emphasis you have for your evaluation).
– Provide another persuasive that is not one of the two you previously discussed, which you think could also hold possibilities in this experience, issue, or product etc. make sure to explain and justify. Include no fewer than TWO and no more than FIVE peer-review journal articles as citations to support your introduction/rationale in this area of the paper (articles must have been published since 2000 to develop the emphasis you have for your evaluation).

Specific Requirements

-Each student will complete a paper. The work MUST be done individually. Do not work together on this paper.

-Remember to include appendices: Include a copy of all materials that you used (advertisements, pamphlets, editorials, etc.). In the case of online content, you must provide the links (in proper APA format). Failure to meet this criteria and/or failure to attach all of them to this paper will result in a loss of points.

-Paper must be 10-12 pages double-spaced, stapled, with 1 inch margins 12 point Times New Roman font (4-5 sentences on a page does NOT count as a page) and follow APA style. Title page, references, and appendix do not count towards page length. An abstract is not needed.

-Write an introduction and conclusion, similar to any formal paper.

-Submit a hard copy, stapled.

-At least 8 peer-reviewed sources are needed (peer-review sources need to be dated from 2000 to now).

-Paper must be free of grammatical and spelling errors, as well as format problems (weird spacing, smudges, unnecessary bolding or italics, etc.)

-Tips on using APA style can be found at the Purdue University Online Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/