The word persuasion is usually used in distinction to coercion, which involves the use of violence or other kinds or force, or the threat of such force; however, the word persuasion has sometimes been used as a euphemism for coercion.
This article is about non-coercive methods of persuasion.
Some methods of persuasion:
By appeal to reason:
By appeal to emotion: Short-cut methods of persuasion: Aids to persuasion: Other techiques, which may or may not work:Persuasion is also the title of the last novel Jane Austen wrote, and generally considered the most romantic. See Persuasion (novel).