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    The document discusses concision and persuasion. It instructs the reader to watch a video about how Aristotle and Joshua Bell, a famous violinist, can teach about persuasion. It then asks questions about Bell's prior performance at a concert hall where tickets cost hundreds of dollars compared to his subsequent impromptu performance on a Washington DC metro platform where his audience did not recognize him or stop to listen. The document suggests using logos, ethos, and pathos to be persuasive and provides tips for concise writing like changing weak adjectives, removing repetitive words, removing unnecessary phrases, and using active voice. It prompts the reader to apply these tips to improve the draft of an email.

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    8-1 Concision and Persuasion

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    8-1 Concision and Persuasion

    1) Watch the following video “What Aristotle and Joshua Bell can teach us
    about persuasion,” and answer the following questions.

    a.Who is Joshua Bell?

    b.Where did Bell perform 3 days prior to the experiment?

    c.How much did concert goers pay for tickets to see Bell?

    d.Where did Bell perform for free?

    e.Why didn’t people stop to listen to his free performance?

    f.What can a writer/speaker do to ensure logos?

    g.Why was ethos missing?

    h.Why was pathos missing

    2) Having learned some tips for concise writing, review the first draft of your
    email to Sonia Kopp, the Director of Communications from Exercise 7-03.
    Answers will vary

    ● Use the below four tips in the task column to make


    improvements to your draft.
    ● Record your changes below.
    ● Retain changes to your draft. We will use them in a future
    exercise.

    Improve your vocab by changing 5 weak adjectives

    a.Before improvements

    b.After improvements

    Remove repetitive words

    c.Before improvements

    d.After improvements

    Remove unnecessary phrases

    e.Before improvements

    f.After improvements

    Use the active voice as appropriate

    g.Before improvements

    h.After improvements

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