Persuasion is an extremely powerful writing tactic, but only when executed correctly. I wanted to speak to someone who knows how to use this tactic for good. Henneke Duistermaat is an expert writer, ...

Whether you would like to pick up a fight or just write an interesting essay, reading 11 controversial questions for debate and persuasive writing will certainly come in handy! Life is too short for ...

Writing is hard. That’s why the Howe Center exists, both to provide support for students through the Howe Writing Center and to offer services and resources to faculty through the Howe Writing Across ...

We are living in a contentious time in history. Fundamental disagreements on critical policy, economic, and political issues make it essential to learn how to compose an effectiveargument and to ...

If you’ve ever been drawn in by a tightly-written commercial promoting a juicy investigative report only to be bored to tears by the report itself, you understand the power of persuasive writing.

Faculty members are invited to the next installment of the Principles of Sound Scientific Writing Series. Titled “Writing a Persuasive Abstract,” this workshop will be held Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 6 ...

Persuasion is part art and part science. There are many data-based strategies to successfully create persuasive communication. That's the science. Likewise, there are just as many techniques for ...

A group of Lafayette second-graders were tasked with designing cookies and using their words to persuade a bakery to make them. It worked. Cookie Mama, a home bakery in Youngsville, brought their ...