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Persuasive Writing Audience Identification

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Persuasive Writing Audience Identification

Child writing to different audiences

🎯 Part 1: Who Am I Trying to Persuade?

1. In "I Wanna Iguana", who is Alex trying to persuade?

His teacher

His mum

His friend

His pet

2. Which of these people might you want to persuade? (Tick all that apply)

Parents

Teachers

Friends

Grandparents

3. Different people care about different things. Match each audience with what they might care about most:

Parents: _________________ (safety, fun, learning)

Teachers: _________________ (safety, fun, learning)

Friends: _________________ (safety, fun, learning)

4. If you wanted to persuade your teacher to let the class have a pet, which reason would work best?

"It would be really cool!"

"We could learn about animals and be responsible"

"All my friends want one too"

✏️ Part 2: Planning My Persuasive Writing

5. Choose ONE audience you would like to persuade. Write or draw them here:
6. What do you want to persuade them about? Complete this sentence:

I want to persuade ______________ to let me __________________________.

7. Think about your audience. What would make them say "yes"? Write TWO good reasons:

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

8. Circle the words that would help make your writing more persuasive:

please

because

important

maybe

responsible

definitely

🌟 Part 3: Audience Detective

9. Read each persuasive sentence. Who do you think each person is trying to persuade? Write your answer.

a) "I promise I'll do all my homework if you let me stay up late tonight."

Audience: _________________

b) "This book is really exciting and will help us learn about dinosaurs!"

Audience: _________________

c) "Want to play this game? It's super fun and you'll love it!"

Audience: _________________

10. Why is it important to think about your audience when writing persuasively?

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