{"id":6291,"date":"2023-07-03T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=6291"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:27:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:27:24","slug":"the-stop-and-dare-persuasive-writing-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/the-stop-and-dare-persuasive-writing-strategy","title":{"rendered":"The STOP and DARE persuasive writing strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">When you\u2019re writing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/how-to-write-an-argumentative-essay\">argumentative essay<\/a>, there are many ways to effectively persuade your audience and have them come around to your views. It can be easy to form a hasty, knee-jerk response to a controversial topic, then present it with a lack of supporting evidence or reasoning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Instead, you can craft a sophisticated argument by considering multiple viewpoints, organizing ideas clearly and logically, and using supporting ideas to reject any claims to the contrary. This is known as the STOP and DARE strategy, created by educator Susan De La Paz to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-does-rhetorical-mean\">teach rhetoric<\/a> and written debate to learners of all ages.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-STOP-and-DARE-persuasive-writing-strategy-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-STOP-and-DARE-persuasive-writing-strategy-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-STOP-and-DARE-persuasive-writing-strategy-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The-STOP-and-DARE-persuasive-writing-strategy-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"A pencil on a yellow background\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persuasive writing can seem daunting, but the STOP and DARE strategy is an effective way to organize your rhetoric and make a strong argument. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-6291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The STOP and DARE persuasive writing strategy \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Teach an effective, educator-proven method for persuasive writing. 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