The definition of "persuade" in Webster's New College Dictionary is: To induce one to believe or do something; to argue into an opinion or procedure; to plead with, urge. I have always thought that someone who let his own opinion be changed by someone else is a person who lacks a strong will. I understand that some people have a certain talent for convincing other people, but I personally would not change my mind about …showed first 75 words of 1316 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1316 total…correct persuasive essays, I have a solution for you. Pick up the paper, read the editorials, correct any spelling errors, then send the editorials back to the people who wrote them, and suggest that they correct them so that they can get a good grade. Persuasive essays are a bad assignment to require students to do, because they accomplish nothing, and they do not reflect the students' true feelings and opinions. Persuasive essays are pointless.