After gathering relevant evidence, forming an opinion, and creating an outline, it’s time to write a persuasive essay. Your purpose for writing this essay will be to defend your opinion. You will use your outline and the thesis statement to write the essay. You can use this essay as a reference while completing your own essay. Use the checklist below while writing your essay. You should be familiar with these checklist elements because they have been covered in this unit as well as other lessons throughout the course. Refer to this check list while writing the essay. After you have completed your essay, the next step is to make revisions. Learn more about revising essays. Next, proofread for grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. You can refer to this source to learn more about proofreading. Submit the final draft of your essay below to your teacher.