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Informal Persuasion Topics
· Personal Views on Life:
- We should all grow fat and happy. It's silly to go on diet and be slim and unhealthy.
- Playing video games is a waste of time.
- Nursing home is a good place to stay when we are old.
- Every achievement involves a degree of stress.
- Technostress is inevitable. (See our Stress Management Page)
· Moral, Emotional and Family Issues
- It's ok to take materials from the web and put them in our papers.
- Don't ever tell your present lover about your past experience.
- Lies are not always harmful.
- In important decision-making (e.g. future direction, marriage), we should not listen to our parents.
- Parents always know better.
- We should keep whatever secrets our best friend ask us to keep.
· Controversial Issues
- --- will be a good mayor. --- (e.g. President Chen) should step down from his position (or be recalled).
- Cohabitation before marriage is practical.
· Hypothetical/Touchy Situation Persuasion
- Persuade your roommate (not) to give up a boyfriend who steals and takes drug,
- Persuade your teacher to let you pass so that you will not have F's (failure) from 1/2 of the courses and be kicked out of school.
- Persuade your roommate (not) to have an abortion.
- One month before the College Joint Entrance Exam, you find that the student you tutor will not have any chance of passing the exam. Persuade him/her to keep on working hard or consider other possibilities or both.
· Selling an idea or a commodity
1. Bring to class an idea or a thing to 'sell'/promote to your classmate. To 'buy' your idea/thing, your partner needs to pay money or spend a lot of time.
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