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Persuasive Introduction Paragraphs

Explore what makes a persuasive introduction effective, then plan and write your own. Check your paragraph against the checklist and suggest one improvement.

Recognising persuasive techniques

1.What is an introduction paragraph mainly meant to do in a persuasive text?

Describe every event in a story
Catch the reader’s interest and make the writer’s position clear
List evidence without giving an opinion
Explain how to complete a task

2.Select the three sentence openings that sound confident and persuasive.

I am convinced that…
Perhaps it might be nice if…
It is essential that…
There is a strong case for…
I wonder whether…

3.Choose the four words with strong emotional impact.

distressing
window
wonderful
spoon
cruel
backpack
alarming
notebook

4.Match each persuasive feature to what it does.

Hook
Opinion
Emotive language
Reason

States the writer’s position
Explains why the writer holds that position
Encourages the reader to feel something
Grabs the reader’s attention

5.Complete the sentence with a suitable emotive word: “I believe the clinic should offer a quiet waiting area because it would make visits less for nervous pets.”

6.Complete the sentence with a suitable emotive word: “I believe the clinic should offer a quiet waiting area because it would make visits more for nervous pets.”

Plan and write an introduction

7.Talia-Mae thinks the vet clinic should provide a separate waiting space for cats and dogs. Plan an introduction supporting her view: write a confident opening, two emotive words and one reason.

8.Write an introduction paragraph arguing that the vet clinic should have a separate waiting space for cats and dogs. Include an attention-grabbing opening, a clear opinion, at least two emotive words and a reason.

Review and improve

9.Use your paragraph to check each feature: confident opening, clear opinion, emotive language and a supporting reason. Which feature needs the most attention?

10.Write one specific change that would make your paragraph more persuasive.

11.Create a confident sentence opening that could introduce an argument about improving care for pets at a vet clinic.