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    Writing to

    Persuade
    Aim: to use persuasive language for
    a writing aspeech.
    What is the purpose of
    persuasive texts?
    • To try to get people to do want you
    want them to do!

    • Typical persuasive texts include:

    advertisements, charity leaflets and


    travel brochures, speeches
    Persuasive Language:
    ❑ Rule of 3: repeat something three times to make the
    reader pay attention- It’s an exciting, thrilling roller coaster of a
    trip!

    ❑ Emotive language/ exaggeration: powerful words that stir emotion in


    the reader- helpless, heartless, barbaric etc…

    ❑ Rhetorical questions: questions that do not need an answer but make


    the reader think. Could you let these poor dogs starve to death?

    ❑ Statistics: providing evidence to prove to the reader that what you are
    saying is true! 99% of customers agree that…

    ❑ Personal pronouns: using ‘you’ and ‘we’ to get the reader involved.

    ❑ Imagery: creating a picture in the reader’s head.

    ❑ Alliteration:
    A handy way to
    remember the features!
    Check out the video at this web
    address
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics
    /zv7fqp3/articles/zr8cmfr
    Causal conjunctions are useful when trying to
    persuade. They help us explain and evidence
    our points. Some examples of these are:

    • As a result • Since
    • Because • Even though
    • Consequently • Accordingly
    • Due to the fact • Yet
    • For this reason • So
    • Therefore • Now that

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