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Persuasive Language Analysis

Read the sailing-club notice, then answer the questions. For written responses, use evidence from the notice where relevant.

Read the notice

A cleaner shoreline starts with us. Each weekend, rubbish washes past our sailing club and into the bay. Do we really want plastic tangled around the places where seabirds feed? Join Saturday’s Shoreline Sweep and help protect the water we all enjoy. Bring a hat and a reusable drink bottle; gloves and collection bags will be provided. Every handful matters. Every volunteer counts. Let’s leave the bay better than we found it.

Understanding persuasive language

1.What is the main purpose of a persuasive text?
  • To give instructions in a neutral tone
  • To influence an audience’s ideas or actions
  • To tell an invented story for amusement
  • To list facts without a point of view
2.Which set contains only persuasive techniques?
  • Rhetorical question, emotive language, repetition, inclusive language
  • Setting, characterisation, plot twist, dialogue
  • Contents page, index, glossary, caption
  • Simile, stage direction, footnote, bibliography
3.In the notice, what is the rhetorical question asking readers to consider?
4.Match each technique in the left column to its meaning in the right column. Use each meaning once.
  • Rhetorical question
  • Emotive language
  • Inclusive language
  • Repetition
  • Words such as “we” and “us” that invite the audience to feel involved
  • A question used to prompt thought rather than request an answer
  • Repeating a word or phrase to emphasise an idea
  • Words chosen to stir feelings

Analysing the notice

5.Identify the persuasive technique in “Do we really want plastic tangled around the places where seabirds feed?”
6.What technique is used in “Every handful matters. Every volunteer counts”?
7.Explain how “A cleaner shoreline starts with us” could influence the notice’s audience.
8.In “plastic tangled around the places where seabirds feed”, what feeling is the phrase most likely intended to create?
  • Amusement at seabirds’ behaviour
  • Concern about harm to wildlife
  • Pride in the club’s equipment
  • Confusion about where the event takes place
9.The notice asks people to join Saturday’s Shoreline Sweep. Give one practical detail that makes it easier for a reader to take part.

Creating and evaluating persuasion

10.Write one sentence encouraging sailing-club members to attend the Shoreline Sweep. Use a rhetorical question, emotive language, repetition or inclusive language.
11.Write a persuasive paragraph of four or five sentences inviting sailing-club members to a shoreline clean-up. Use at least two persuasive techniques.
12.Name two persuasive techniques you used in your paragraph and quote or describe where each appears.
13.Give one reason readers should notice persuasive techniques in advertisements or other texts.

3 printable pages

  • Persuasive Language Analysis, page 1 of 3: Read the notice, Understanding persuasive language

    Page 1

  • Persuasive Language Analysis, page 2 of 3: Analysing the notice

    Page 2

  • Persuasive Language Analysis, page 3 of 3: Creating and evaluating persuasion

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