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Persuasive Writing Techniques

Student writing persuasively

📚 Part 1: Persuasive Language Techniques

WALT: Understand and identify persuasive language techniques to make our writing more powerful!

1. Match each technique to its definition by drawing a line:
Emotive Language
Rhetorical Questions
Repetition
Questions that make the reader think (no answer needed)
Words that make people feel strong emotions
Saying the same words again for effect
2. Circle the emotive words in this sentence:

"The amazing playground needs our help because the broken equipment makes children feel worried and disappointed."

3. Which technique is used in this example? Tick one:

"Don't you want to help? Wouldn't you feel terrible if we did nothing?"

Emotive Language

Rhetorical Questions

Repetition

💭 Part 2: Emotive Word Bank

Use these powerful words to make your writing more persuasive:

4. Choose 3 emotive words from the word bank and write them in sentences about "Why our school needs more sports equipment":

Happy Words: amazing, fantastic, wonderful, brilliant, exciting, delightful

Worried Words: terrible, awful, dangerous, worried, disappointed, upset

Strong Words: essential, urgent, important, necessary, vital, crucial

Sentence 1: _________________________________________________

Sentence 2: _________________________________________________

Sentence 3: _________________________________________________

✏️ Part 3: Write Your Own Persuasive Paragraph

5. Write a short paragraph persuading your teacher to give the class an extra 10 minutes of playtime. You must use:

At least 2 emotive words

1 rhetorical question

Repetition of an important word or phrase

6. Extension Challenge: Circle the techniques you used in your paragraph above and explain why you chose them:

Success Criteria - Tick when complete:

I can name three persuasive techniques

I can explain how these techniques help persuade readers

I can use these techniques in my own writing

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