Persuasive Approach to Communication

“As we explore persuasion, we can divide the persuasive communication into three parts: the communicator, the message, and the audience. First, we will deal with what characteristics of persuaders make people more likely to be persuaded. Next, we will think about characteristics of the message that lead people to change. Finally, we will explore what characteristics of the audience can lead them to be persuaded.” (Feenstra, 2011, p. 88) For your assignment this week, provide an in-depth analysis of the three parts of persuasion. Please reference the bullet points below to complete your assignment.

What different persuasive approaches would you use on the following audiences: a boss, a peer, a challenging person, or an open-minded person? Why would your approach

Persuasion is the key to getting the results you want, not only for politicians or lawyers, but for every one of us. In a job interview, you will have to persuade your interviewers why they should hire you over the other candidates. In a classroom presentation you will have to convince your classmates and teacher that what you're saying is worth listening to and that you deserve a good grade on the assignment.

Persuasive texts are written for the purpose of presenting a point of view in favor or against a specific topic. The goal of the author is to try to convince the reader to

Gerard A. Hauser covers a plethora of details on how to create a well-made persuasive argument in his book, an Introduction to Rhetorical Theory; however, he covered three specific essentials that are necessary for persuasion: the components logos, pathos and ethos; purposive discourse and rhetorical competence; identification. I will argue for each constituent, respectively, to prove that persuasion cannot thrive without the aforementioned essentials.

Persuasion: involves one or more persons who are engaged in the activity of creating, reinforcing, modifying, or extinguishing, beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivation, and or behaviors within the constraints of a given communication context -- an activity or process, persuasion is a tow way street

A line of reasoned argument must be developed in order to persuade the audience in an effective way. In order to persuade the following things needs to be followed: 1) Focus on the needs of the other party: Listen to the interests of other parties carefully in order to get an insight about their expectations and interests. 2). Argue your case with certain logic: An extensive research must be done in order to develop a know how of one’s own ideas and also those of the competitors. 3) Use positive instead of negative language: It dictates that an individual should make use of phrases and sentences that can persuade or convince audience in a positive and effective way. 4) Sublty complement the other party as it will help an individual to gain more acceptance in the eyes of the competitors.

When your in a car what is it that your focus should be on: your car, the cars of others, the road, watching out for pedestrians, or watching for lights and signs? Well driving is all those thing put together and to add a phone to the mix is to many things for a single person to concentrate on. Some state have made it illegal for people to drive while using a hand held device and, I believe that is the right decision because while people are on their phones while driving they can: run into other car or hit pedestrians. Have you ever seen a car that's run a stop sign or light? Chances are you have and some of those times people are running late for something and don't notice it but i bet most times its because a person was too busy talking on their phone or even texting.

The new advances in technology allow businesses to reach different customer bases. This includes buying and selling products over the Internet. The online shopping process is considered e-commerce. E-commerce is made up of different behaviors but for the purpose of this discussion the three discussed are consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-business (B2B), and consumer-to-business (C2B). The different behaviors have different mediums to reach their targeted audience. The message for each behavior persuades a particular audience to purchase a product using that particular medium. Consumers and businesses look to the web for cost-effective ways to sell and buy products.

Spring semester 2018 has been a very difficult semester and Persuasive Communication 2367 was one of the classes that really required me to learn and work hard. I have learned about persuasion and persuasive communication, along with public speaking. Much of what I learned from Communication 2367, I will be able to apply to my academic and professional career. In addition to knowledge about persuasion, I have gained a lot of information on social problems and nonprofit organizations. This class was structured much differently than any class I had ever taken before, if I could begin again, I would approach this course much differently in hopes of receiving a better grade. What I know and understand now would have been very helpful when trying

Chapter 1 of "Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive" discuss how people are being persuaded, whether they realize it or not. People tend to make their decisions based off of others actions. Especially, if they are uncertain about a course of action. For instance, having people who attended a program give their testimony to people who are unsure about joining the program. The chapter also discussed social psychology, the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feeling, and behavior are influenced. When asking a person if he/she is affected by someone else, they, of course, are going to say no. However, studies have shown differently.

Through her sarcastic and contemptuous tone in Persuasion, Austen portrays how many members of the upper class only cared about appearance and thought of themselves as being more attractive and overall better than everyone else. After Mr. Elliot had come to Bath and spent time with the Elliots, they could not stop talking about him. Sir Walter, while discussing the flaws in his appearance, said that “‘He did not mean to complain, however. Mr. Elliot was better to look at than most men, and he had no objection to being seen with him any where’” (Austen 93). Despite having spent a large chunk of time doing nothing but “complain[ing]” about Mr. Elliot’s appearance, Austen mockingly states that criticizing him was not his intent. Sir Walter actually thinks of Mr. Elliot as “better

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards and “The American Crisis” by Thomas Paine are two persuasive works that tried to sway the opinions and actions of their readers. Both authors used powerful writing to illustrate what would happens to those who did not change. While Edward’s piece focused on religion and Paine’s on war, both discussed the reasons why people should conform to the views expressed by the two authors. Though vastly different in their nature and audience, the two texts were featured around the same idea: people need to change. In the works, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and “The American Crisis,” Edwards and Paine use the persuasive appeals ethos, pathos, and logos, and literary devices such as simile, metaphor, imagery, and personification to persuade their American audience.

In writing it’s important to have an understanding of what you’re trying to convey for your audience in addition to how you you will present your ideas. Effective communication extends beyond having well organized writing expressed in complete and coherent sentences. The style, tone and clarity of writing must also be considered, as they are constantly changing relative to the audience. Again, analyzing one’s audience and purpose is essential to successful writing. Appropriately, when choosing the most effective language, it is important to consider the document objective as well as the reader. In essence, this idea of effective use of language has been the overarching theme of this online English course. Each writing assignment

Persuasion is described as the deliberate process that intends to change an individual’s attitudes, behaviours or beliefs from their previous initial views and ways of behaving in society. Persuasive communication is widespread and evident all around us, including in central areas of politics, marketing and media. Burkholder et al’s (2003) findings support the idea that there are cultural differences evident in the effectiveness of persuasion, in which they found that shortly after the end of the Iraq war, surveys indicated that although Americans favoured the use of military action against Iraq by 2:1, Europeans opposed it by the same margin. There are four key factors that help influence persuasion amongst the masses, depending on their