HOW SHOULD I START A PURSUASIVE ESSAY??Can you help??!?

Question

I need to write a pursuasive essay trying to pursuade my idols (fashion designers) if they can help me out on something.They are fairly new and I am going to send an e-mail to them..Can you please help me??

Should I start with Dear_______________
or Should I just use their names in the beginning
Or WHAT CAN I WRITE WHEN BEGINNING IT??
PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSEEEE HELP!!!

Answer 1

Begin with Dear Formal Name. Before you start, answer these 4 questions in complete sentences. This might sound silly, but it is quite effective.

1. What is my topic?

2. What is the purpose of this essay? Complete: I want to _________________.

3. Who is my audience?

4. Write your "working" thesis statement (to be tweaked in revision).

Even though it sounds silly, this is one of the most important parts of organizing an essay. We often have an idea of what we want to write, and may think we are quite focused. However, I often find that I wasn't really as focused as I thought when I complete this simple worksheet.

Since this is a letter, you want to keep it short. Choose three specific points to argue.

Write an outline. Yes, I really do write outlines for important letters.

Don't wait until the last minute. Allow time for at least 3 revisions. Also, you should allow enough time to "walk away" for 24 hours before the last revision. That way you view it with a fresh mind.

PROOFREAD!!!!

Use the first person as little as possible. That is sometimes difficult in a letter, but it can be accomplished. Do NOT begin a sentence with "I think." Ther reader knows you think it. Otherwise you would not be saying it.

Even those this is a letter, it is still formal writing. Therefore you should eliminate the 2nd person altogether during revision.

This sounds like an important letter, so you should take the time to really polish it up. The more professional you sound, the more seriously you will be taken.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Um, first of all, you might want to rethink that because I doubt fashion designers (I don't know whether you'd want to contact famous fashion designers or just local ones) would actually spend their time reading their e-mail. And I don't think e-mailing them a whole essay is a whole lot of common sense either. You should go with Dear....... and then state your problem clearly. You want to respect them so that they can help you, don't do what the other guy said. You should just be respectful, but straightforward too.

Answer 3

If it's a professional thing, you should have a more formal beginning, such as their name followed by a colon.

Ms. Smith:

If you don't like that, you could use

Dear Ms. Smith:

I would also suggest not using an email, but rather sending a letter, since emails are usually regarded as rather informal.

Answer 4

You shouldnt start with Dear because you are really doing something more business like not personal so you shoud start by saying, Hi, I am ____ I wanted to know if you can help me. And explain it and try to persuade them even though this sounds more like a business letter not a persuasive essay I hope I helped.

Answer 5

Start it off with something exciting, almost yelling.

Hey Listen to me now! This product is the best on the market because

1)

2)

3)

Buy Now because of all of these reasons!

Answer 6

there are multible ways that u could aproach this but I would

start off with something to get their attention (skip the whole dear__ thing) like an interesting fact or idea ( like i think that rhinos look good in pink) then go on to state your ideas starting from 3rd most interesting and going to most boring. finish it off with a bang and say your 2nd + 1st best ideas. then say : "thank you for listening to my thoghts now could you just take a moment to reply"
I should know, I ace practically EVERYTHING ( excluding math but whatever)

Answer 7

Is this an essay or an email? For an email I would suggest starting by stating your relation to them (were you referred? a fan? friend of a friend?, etc.).