Persuasive Language Devices Worksheet

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🎯 WALT: Identify and Use Persuasive Language Devices

Success Criteria:

• I can identify emotive language, rhetorical questions, and modality in sentences

• I can create my own sentences using these persuasive devices

• I can write a persuasive paragraph using all three devices

📚 Part 1: Identifying Persuasive Devices

1. Read each sentence below. Which persuasive device is being used? Circle your answer.

"Don't you think all students should have longer lunch breaks?"

Emotive Language

Rhetorical Question

Modality

"We must protect our beautiful, innocent wildlife from destruction."

Emotive Language

Rhetorical Question

Modality

"Students should definitely have access to technology in every classroom."

Emotive Language

Rhetorical Question

Modality

2. Find and underline the persuasive words in this sentence:

"Wouldn't you agree that we absolutely must save our precious rainforests?"

✏️ Part 2: Creating Persuasive Sentences

3. Write a sentence using emotive language to persuade people to recycle:

4. Write a rhetorical question to persuade students to read more books:

5. Complete this sentence using modality (words like: must, should, definitely, certainly, absolutely):

All schools ______________ have healthy food in their canteens because _______________.

6. Choose a topic and write one sentence for each persuasive device:

Topic: _________________ (e.g., school uniforms, homework, pocket money)

Emotive Language: ________________________________

Rhetorical Question: ______________________________

Modality: ________________________________________

🚀 Part 3: Persuasive Paragraph Challenge

7. Write a persuasive paragraph (4-6 sentences) about why students should have mobile phones at school. You MUST include all three persuasive devices and highlight them using different colours.

Remember to include:

🔵 Emotive Language (highlight in blue)

🔴 Rhetorical Questions (highlight in red)

🟢 Modality (highlight in green)

⭐ Extension Activity (Advanced Learners)

8. Create a persuasive advertisement (30-40 words) for a new school subject you think should be taught. Use at least two different persuasive devices and explain why you chose them.

Which devices did you use and why?

💡 Differentiation Support

Need Help? Use these sentence starters:

• Emotive Language: "Our precious..." "The terrible..." "Amazing..." "Devastating..."

• Rhetorical Questions: "Don't you think...?" "Wouldn't you agree...?" "How can we...?"

• Modality: "We must..." "Students should..." "It is definitely..." "We absolutely need..."

Challenge yourself: Can you identify persuasive devices in advertisements, speeches, or articles at home? Bring one example to share with the class!