📝 Part 1: Planning Your Persuasive Text

1. What community issue have you chosen for your persuasive text?

2. What is your clear position/stance on this issue?

3. Who is your target audience? (e.g., local council, school community, teenagers)

4. List three key arguments that support your position:

Argument 1: _________________________________________________

Argument 2: _________________________________________________

Argument 3: _________________________________________________

5. What evidence will you use to support each argument? (statistics, expert opinions, examples)

🎯 Part 2: Persuasive Language Features

6. Which persuasive language techniques will you use? Check all that apply:

Emotive language

Rhetorical questions

Repetition for emphasis

Statistics and facts

Expert opinions/quotes

Inclusive language (we, us, our)

Call to action

7. Write a compelling hook for your introduction paragraph:

8. Draft your introduction paragraph below. Include: hook, clear position statement, and preview of your main arguments.

9. How will you engage your specific audience? What strategies will appeal to them?

10. What is one potential counterargument to your position, and how might you address it?

11. Extension: Advanced rhetorical devices you could include (analogy, irony, antithesis):