U6IP: Interpersonal Communication

Course: Interpersonal Communication  

Unit:  The Persuasive Speech  

Deliverable Length:  2 letters (4–6 paragraphs for each letter)

Deliverable length: 2 letters, 4–6 paragraphs each  

You are to write 2 letters/e-mails that will require 2 separate appeals, each of which is intended for an audience with uniquely different emotions. Use the components of persuasive messages that you learned throughout this unit.  

The recipient and intended purpose of each letter/e-mail are as follows:  

Letter 1: 

•Recipient: Your communications instructor 

•Purpose: To request a week-long extension on all of work due this week   

Letter 2:  

•Recipient: Your next-door neighbors 

•Purpose: To ask permission to plant a tree in your backyard that will ultimately lean over into their yard and cover their large bay window off their back porch