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Persuasive Text Features

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Persuasive Text Features

Persuasive Text Features

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📢 Part 1: Understanding Persuasion

1. What does persuasion mean? Circle the best answer:

Telling someone what to do

Convincing someone to believe or do something by giving reasons

Writing a story

Asking questions

2. Where might you see or hear persuasion in everyday life? Check all that apply:

Television advertisements

Friends trying to convince you to play a game

Shopping centre posters

Social media posts

Letters to the editor

Political speeches

🎯 Part 2: Key Features of Persuasive Texts

3. Match each persuasive feature with its description:
1. Clear opinion
2. Emotional language
3. Repetition
4. Rhetorical questions
5. Supporting reasons
A. Questions that don't need an answer
B. Evidence or facts to back up your view
C. A strong point of view or belief
D. Words that make you feel something
E. Saying the same thing multiple times
4. Fill in the blanks using the words from the box:

Word Bank: audience, purpose, convince, emotions, visuals

Persuasive texts have a clear _____________ - they want to _____________ people to think or act in a certain way. They are written for a specific _____________ and often use _____________ like pictures or colours to grab attention. They may also appeal to people's _____________ to make them feel strongly about the topic.

🔍 Part 3: Analysing Persuasive Texts

5. Read this persuasive text and answer the questions below:

"Don't you think our school playground needs more shade? Every day, students are forced to play in the blazing sun with no protection. This is dangerous! We desperately need more trees and shade sails. Trees provide cool, refreshing shade and make our environment beautiful. Shade sails are modern, colourful, and effective. Our health and safety must come first. Please support our campaign for a shadier, safer playground!"

a) What is the writer's opinion?
b) Who is the intended audience?
c) Find and write down one example of emotional language:
d) Find and write down the rhetorical question:
e) List two reasons given to support the opinion:

✏️ Part 4: Creating Persuasive Features

6. Choose a topic you feel strongly about and complete the planning chart:

Topic ideas: School uniforms, homework on weekends, longer lunch breaks, mobile phones at school, recycling programs

My chosen topic: _________________________________

My opinion: ___________________________________________

My audience: __________________________________________

7. Write three strong reasons to support your opinion:
8. Write a rhetorical question about your topic:
9. List three emotional words you could use to persuade your audience:

🎨 Part 5: Multimodal Persuasion

10. Design a simple poster for your chosen topic. Include your opinion, one reason, and persuasive visuals:
11. Reflection: Why is it important to understand how persuasion works?
12. One new thing I learned about persuasive texts today:
13. One question I still have about persuasion:

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