The similarity between persuasive speeches and persuasive essays is that their purpose is the same. It convinces someone to believe in a certain thought or do a specific thing. However, persuasive speeches are meant to be heard while persuasive essays should be read. Both include introduction, body, and conclusion but in speeches, it is common to state again the point at the end of each parts.
Answer:
They believe they should quickly kill the meat
Because they do not realize how valuable it is.
Yes, the boys are fearing the unknown rather than the beast.
Also no, because they are not fully sure the beast even exists.
The beast is depicted different to everyone