Search Results - Writing to Persuade
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GP Letter Writing in Colorectal Cancer: A Qualitative Study
Published 2002“…Letters now primarily document the GPs' concerns for the patient and are no longer required to persuade the specialist to offer an appointment. The content of referral letters from GPs has failed to satisfy specialists responding to a series of surveys. …”
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Lexical hedges: a study of cultural and disciplinary variation in academic research articles / Sarmad J. Mohammed
Published 2011“…But effective academic writing is like any other type of discourse in that it is interactive; it involves writers trying to influence their reader by persuading them of the correctness of their claims (Hyland, 1998a, p. iii). …”
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Writing preparation outlines for public speaking in tertiary classrooms
Published 2007“…They should decide whether they are speaking to inform or to persuade their audience, and to write the outline that corresponds with the specific purpose of their speech. …”
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Regularities and irregularities in rhetorical move structure of linguistics abstracts in research articles
Published 2016“…In academic writing, writers should persuade readers to read the whole article by writing an effective abstract in terms of both content and rhetorical structure. …”
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Regularities and irregularities in rhetorical move structure of linguistics abstracts in research articles
Published 2016“…In academic writing, writers should persuade readers to read the whole article by writing an effective abstract in terms of both content and rhetorical structure. …”
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Cures and currency in Donne’s letters to patrons
Published 2017“…Critics have discussed how John Donne’s writing responds to alchemy and to patronage, but none has examined how he draws parallels between the two frameworks. …”
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Rhetoric of food authenticity and national identity in the new media
Published 2021“…This evinces the idea that the media audience writing in a comment section in the new media are not basing their writing on the need to appeal to logic and fact (Logos), or proactively, but instead they are more reactionary (personal and emotive). …”
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A genre analysis of English editorials in The Bangkok Post / Ilham Binharong
Published 2018“…This study is significant to enhance the teaching of writing to ESL/EFL learners in both the academic and professional contexts. …”
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Ministry of Education (MOE) E9 Putrajaya / Tengku Putera Zunnurain Tengku Mustapah ... [et al.]
Published 2019“…The purpose of this assignment is students are able to work in team or cooperation in carrying a task and how to use and implement the soft skills to persuade clients or persons to accept the group for findings. …”
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Inculcating social activism in the literature classroom
Published 2011“…These writers are amongst many writers who have made use of their writing dexterity to reveal social ills and effect change for the better. …”
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A genre-based analysis of hotel advertisements in Malaysia / Li Yong Qing
Published 2013“…In all, the findings of this study enrich the promotional genre colony put forward by Bhatia (1993) and add on to the literature in this field for researchers as well as materials for teaching and learning of practical English writing in the field of ESP.…”
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Relationship between research process factors and research project performance among Malaysian undergraduates in Chinese studies
Published 2015“…Furthermore, the findings of this study can persuade present and future undergraduates to have positive attitude to interact and collaborate with their project supervisors in order to produce high quality research projects. …”
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A pragmatic study of strategic maneuvering in Jane Austen’s Novels: Pride and Prejudice and Emma
Published 2021“…The most consistent pragma-dialectical trope utilized by the writer in both novels was the rhetorical question, which is in line with Austen’s style of writing as she is known as a mistress of manipulation. …”
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Ethos, logos and pathos in university students’ informal requests
Published 2018“…The data were from 165 students enrolled in an English language course in a Malaysian university. They were asked to write down what they would say to persuade their lecturer to end the class early. …”
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Patterns of rhetorical moves and use of hedges and boosters in editorials of two newspapers
Published 2016“…Furthermore, despite the effective functions of hedges and boosters in persuading readers, studies that address them are limited. …”
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Luring the Lurkers: Increasing Participations in the Online Discussions of a Blended Learning Course
Published 2014“…However, it is the learner’s sense of belonging to the online community that persuaded them to be more active in sharing their ideas. …”
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The life and works of Vladimir Voinovich : the satirist as exile
Published 1997“…The hero of this novel has his pedigree in the Russian tradition of the plainspeaking fool Ivanushka-durachok who wins out in spite of circumstances, and it is suggested that he shares certain characteristics with his creator. The writing of Chonkin sealed Voinovich's fate as an emerging `dissident', and after its unauthorised publication abroad, he was persuaded to leave the Soviet Union. …”
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The Involvement of the Brunei Malay Community in education on the West Coast of North Borneo, 1881–1963
Published 2023“…This paper attempts to explain the changes that occurred to and within the Brunei Malay community in the advent of modern education from 1881 to 1963 and how continued opportunities and exposure by colonialists have finally persuaded their minds to accept Western-style formal education. …”
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Attitudes and motivation of primary school learners in learning English as a second language / Sophia Metom
Published 2009“…However, they were not confident to use English in their communication and writing. Their preference of using Bahasa Malaysia (BM) was undeniable. …”
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