OBJECTIVE

I will demonstrate some familiarity with the features of Persuasive Writing

LEARNING OUTCOME

I have used some features of Persuasive Writing in my own writing

SATs PreparationThe Writing Triplets

Argue, Persuade, Advise Inform, Explain, Describe

Analyse, Review, Comment Imagine, Explore, Entertain

PERSUASION

In your exam you might be asked to pick out persuasive features from a text and also to write to persuade.

It is easy to learn the features of persuasion and to spot them in text.

If you also practise writing to persuade you will become more familiar with what is expected of you in the exam.

Persuasion is easy – you do it all the time!

We all use persuasive techniques at one time or another.

We do it to get our own way.

Persuasion is part of our everyday language – write down three areas you have seen or experienced Persuasive Techniques.

The Art of Persuasion

Some texts are written to persuade the reader to think or do something.

The aim is to make the reader think or act in a particular way.

For example: Advertisements buy now! Health posters look after yourself / make changes To persuade in words, writers can use a range of

techniques.

Identifying the TaskArgue, PERSUADE, Advise

You are writing to Persuade …

Under what circumstances would you try to persuade someone to do something?

Think about the last time you tried to persuade your parents to let you go somewhere – or let you have something.

What did you say?

And what about the last time your parents tried to persuade

you to do something?What was it and what did they say?

•Now think about the TONE you both used.

•What was successful and what failed?

The key to being a successful Persuader is remembering…

Purpose

Audience

Language

What is the reason for the text

Who is meant to read it

What language has been used – formal, informal etc?

Persuasive Techniquesinvolve being

A

PERSUADER

The Persuader P E R S U A D E R

Personal Pronouns

Emotive language

Rhetorical Questions

Statistics and Facts

Use of an authority figure

Alliteration and Anecdotes

Description and Imagery

Exaggeration

Repetition and group of 3

Exercise 1

Read the text you have been given and analyse it carefully, identifying and annotating the persuasive techniques used.

Take each technique you have identified and comment on its effect on the reader.

The Persuader Spot the Persuasive features in the text.

The SATs question

In the SATs you may be asked to do a piece of persuasive writing.

Make sure you understand

The QUESTION or INSTRUCTION

The PURPOSE and AUDIENCE

Then PLAN your response.

Writing task – write an article for the school

magazine In Y11 all students should be in bed by 9pm. All pupils should wear uniform. All pupils should wear yellow uniforms. Watching TV during Y10 / Y11 should be

banned. Chocolate should be removed from shelves

across the country to encourage people to be healthier.

Junk food should be rationed or quadrupled in price IMMEDIATELY.

Students should have three hours’

homework each night.

imagery language

Techniques

metaphorsimile

personification

Personal Pronouns

Alliteration

Exaggeration

Emotive words

Group of three

Repetition

senses

Anecdotes

Authority figure

Statistics and Facts

Rhetorical Questions

PAL

Exercise 2WRITE

THE OPENING PARAGRAPH

Engage or 'grab your reader's attention straight away - involve and interest them at the outset.

State why you are writing Involve your reader by using 'you', 'we - if appropriate! State why you have the authority to write on this topic and

that you are reasonable and trustworthy. Forge common ground between you and your reader -

mention an outcome both of you would endorse. Use a rhetorical question. Choose your words with precision and care.

Exercise 3

Hand your writing to your partner and ask them to grade it for you suggesting two ways in which it could be improved.

Lesson Evaluation

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Has learning taken place in today’s lesson? How?