The persuasive strategy is one of the best strategies for getting your point across to a listener or reader while still being able to reason about more complex processes and events. There are several reasons for using this strategy, the most important of which is my analytical mindset and desire to make sense of issues and topics. The process of persuading the reader or listener forces me to increase my competence within the topic presented and, more importantly, allows me to evaluate and analyze opposing viewpoints.
The persuasion strategy is based on presenting information on a topic to the listener and further inclining the audience to side with the author. This strategy and writing format require analysis of the situation and presentation of complete information about existing alternative opinions and allow you to bring the listener into a dialogue with yourself to subject your thoughts to criticism (Jones, 2017, p. 217). Moreover, within this format, the author can fully demonstrate his high qualities and the ability to argue and defend his position.
During my presentations, the audience often asked many questions, and there were discussions among the audience to defend or refute my points. The violent reaction of the audience, who were in the mood for an argumentative and critical reception of new information or a new point of view, indicated their engagement with the presented topic and the transformation of their positions on the issue (Moxey, 2018). I got the audience interested by examining how many people began to ask questions due to my presentation. I was able to begin the process of convincing them of a particular position.
Thus, due to my poorly developed skills in fiction writing or constructing a coherent story, I prefer to choose a strategy of persuasion based not on artistic stylistics but on the correct presentation of facts and logical chains that can convince people, if not of the rightness, but at least of the validity of a given position. Moreover, the persuasion strategy is helpful for me as an author because it allows me to constantly test my convictions and skills of effectively influencing the listener through rhetorical skills.
References
Jones, J. G., & Simons, H. W. (2017). Persuasion in society. Routledge.
Moxey, K. (2018). The Practice of Persuasion. In The Practice of Persuasion. Cornell University Press.