Persuasive Writing

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Persuasive Writing

• L.O To recognise main features of persuasive
  writing
• To plan and write a persuasive letter

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• What is persuasive writing?

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• When writing something which is intended
• to persuade, there are several
• important
• features to remember.

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• Checklist For Persuasive Writing

Open with a statement of the issue being
addressed.
State your position on the issue.
Main body of text contains the arguments that
are elaborated with reasons and evidence ( facts
).
End with a summary.
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Language Features

• Use mainly the present tense.
• Use logical and cause and effect connectives.
• Use emotive language.
• Use technical language.
• Use rhetorical questions.
• Dare the reader to disagree.
• Try to make opinions sound like facts.
• Use powerful verbs and strong adjectives.

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Task

• Read the following text, looking for elements of
  persuasive writing which we have outlined.

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Individual tasks

• Reds/Blues
• Greens
• Purple/Yellows

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• Dear Sir,
• I am writing in regards to the recent
  advertisement about the new skate park. I cannot
  believe that Craven Pond is going to be filled
  in!
• My friends and I are extremely angry that the
  council are thinking of building a skate park.
  Dont people realise that hundreds of different
  kinds of birds, insects and fish live here? What
  will happen to them if their habitat is taken
  away? We all know that natural habitats are
  disappearing at a worrying rate. It is our duty
  to preserve as many of these as we can.
• Adults are always telling us that we should
  use our time productively. My friends and I have
  spent many weekends and summer evenings studying
  and cataloguing the wildlife of this pond. If
  Craven Pond is filled in we will be forced to
  hang about the streets because there will be
  nothing to occupy our time. Is that what the
  adults want?
• Yours sincerely
• Tom Dipper