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Persuasive Letter Planning Worksheet

Choose an issue, plan your argument and practise persuasive language. Use clear reasons and relevant evidence. There may be more than one effective way to persuade your audience.

Build your argument

Plan each part before drafting your letter.

1.Choose an issue you would like to write about. For example, you could argue for more trees in local parks or later library opening hours.

2.Who has the power to make a decision about your issue? Name a suitable audience for your letter.

3.Draft an opening hook that could interest your audience. You might use a question, a striking fact or a brief imagined situation.

4.State your main claim in one clear sentence. What change do you want your reader to support?

5.Plan two or three different reasons that support your claim. Add a relevant example, observation or piece of evidence for each reason.

6.Imagine a reader disagrees with your claim. Write one reasonable counter-argument they might make.

7.Write a rebuttal that responds respectfully to the counter-argument and strengthens your claim.

8.Plan a closing statement that reminds the reader of your claim and asks them to take a specific action.

Choose and practise persuasive language

Select techniques that suit your purpose and audience. Use them naturally rather than adding them just to fill space.

9.Which sentence is the strongest opening hook for a letter asking the council to plant more trees?

Trees are plants with trunks and branches.
Have you ever searched for shade in a park on a scorching afternoon?
I am writing this letter because I have a topic.
Parks are located in many places.

10.Which phrase best introduces another supporting reason in a formal persuasive letter?

Anyway, moving on...
A totally different thing is...
Furthermore, another important benefit is...
So, yeah, that's my point.

11.Which sentence fairly presents a counter-argument before signalling a response?

Some residents may worry about the cost; however, planting trees gradually could make the project manageable.
Everyone who disagrees is wrong.
Trees are great, and that is all there is to say.
I have already explained everything.

12.Which closing phrase makes a clear and direct call to action?