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Persuasive Writing Features

The coding club wants permission to hold a lunchtime showcase. Read the proposal, spot the persuasive features, then plan a convincing response. Use evidence and explain your choices.

The proposal

Read this short speech by Arjun, a member of the coding club. Our coding club should be allowed to hold a lunchtime showcase next month. At present, many students do not know what we create. A showcase would let us share games, animations and useful apps with the wider school. For example, Charlotte has designed a quiz that helps younger students practise maths, while Talia has made an animation about online safety. These projects show that coding is creative, not just staring at a screen. Some people may worry that the showcase will be noisy. However, we can use the library space and keep demonstrations brief. Surely, giving students a chance to share their hard work is worth one organised lunchtime? If we plan carefully, the showcase can inspire others to try coding too. Please support our proposal and help make the showcase happen.

1.What is Arjun’s main opinion? Choose the best summary.

The coding club should meet after school.
The coding club should hold a lunchtime showcase.
All students should learn to code.
The library should be closed at lunchtime.

2.Find one reason Arjun gives for holding the showcase. Write it in your own words.

3.Which sentence is the strongest example of evidence because it gives a specific example of student work?

“At present, many students do not know what we create.”
“For example, Charlotte has designed a quiz that helps younger students practise maths, while Talia has made an animation about online safety.”
“Some people may worry that the showcase will be noisy.”
“Please support our proposal and help make the showcase happen.”

4.Copy one linking word or phrase from the speech and explain how it connects ideas.

5.Which phrase uses emotive language to encourage readers to agree? Explain the feeling it is intended to create.

6.Arjun acknowledges a possible objection before answering it. What is the objection, and how does he respond?

7.Match each quoted feature to its purpose.

“Our coding club should be allowed…”
“For example…”
“Please support our proposal…”

Introduces a specific example
States the writer’s position
Calls the audience to act

8.Is this statement true or false? A persuasive text can mention an opposing view and then answer it.

TrueFalse

9.Improve this plain claim by adding an emotive word or phrase and a clear reason: “The showcase is a good idea.”

10.Plan a short persuasive paragraph supporting or opposing the lunchtime showcase. Include your opinion, two reasons, one specific example or piece of evidence, a linking word, and a concluding call to action.