1. This is an example,. While it does have a rhetorical question that appeals to the logic of the audience, keep in mind, it is missing parallel structure and repetition. Notice how it appeals to an obvious audience through use of images and color.

2. "What's Going On“ by Marvin Gaye Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today - Ya Father, father We don't need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer hate You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me, so you can see Oh, what's going on What's going on Ya, what's going on Ah, what's going on
Persuasive Song including repetition
In the mean time Right on, baby Right on Right on Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong Oh, but who are they to judge us Simply because our hair is long Oh, you know we've got to find a way To bring some understanding here today Oh Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Talk to me So you can see What's going on Ya, what's going on Tell me what's going on I'll tell you what's going on - Uh Right on baby Right on baby

3. Other Persuasive Models
For examples of a persuasive letter, see SpringBoard, pg. 250, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by MLK, Jr.
For examples of a persuasive speech, see SpringBoard page, pg. 229, Julius Caesar, or SpringBoard page 221, Nelson Mandela’s statement on International Children’s Day
For example news articles, see Leonard Pitts’s “We’ll Go Forward from this Moment” or SpringBoard, pages 210, 237, 238.
For an example photo essay: google Time magazine’s “Children Behind Bars” or see Steve Liss Photography: Photo Essays
For an example written essay, see SpringBoard page 223: Anna Quindlen’s “School’s Out for the Summer” or page 263: “One Word of Truth Outweighs the World” by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

4. For example film/videos from YouTube:
Caning in Singapore Schools Dress for a Cure