Who is in the right: Antigone or Creon?
Write a 1-3 page essay designed to persuade your audience to assent to your point of view on this question. You will need to pick an imaginary audience to address, and note above your paper who that audience is. THE PERSUASIVE MODE OF WRITING In PERSUASION, the goal is to get the audience to change its beliefs or will – to assent to you – and the means of attaining that goal is the stirring of the emotions combined with the use of logic. Persuasion is often called “sweet reason” because it takes cold, unfeeling reason and makes it sweet by appealing to the heartstrings of an audience. Effective persuasion wields power and influence over people. Its pressure can cause us to change our minds and our wills in matters on which we have held strong opinions. Notice that truth is not necessarily a goal of persuasion. The unscrupulous often employ persuasion with no thought of truth, but only of selfish gain. A good understanding of the effective use of persuasion will attune you to reading an
