'Where there's smoke, there's flavor!' This is a well-known expression in the smoking meat circles. Another popular tag line is 'low and slow'. One more popular one is the 'smoke ring'. Each of these expressions say a little bit about what smoking meat is all about, tasty flavorful meat with unmatched tenderness.
A persuasive definition of a term is favorable to one argument or unfavorable to the other argument, but is presented as if it were neutral and well-accepted, and the listener is expected to accept such a definition without question. The term persuasive definition was introduced by philosopher C.L.
Thesis (plural: theses, pronounced THEES-eez): The point that an essay is trying to prove. Also known as the claim or argument. Everything in a persuasive essay relates to the thesis, either as evidence, explanation, elaboration or rebuttal of alternative claims. Think of the thesis as the spine of your paper. Just as all the parts of your body are connected to the spine, and without the spine your body could not stand, so too in your essay all parts must be connected to the thesis, and without the thesis the essay cannot stand.