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Persuasive Writing Techniques Worksheet

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Persuasive Writing Techniques Worksheet

Student writing persuasively

📚 WALT: Identify Persuasive Techniques

Success Criteria: I can find and name different persuasive techniques in "Persuading Miss Doover"

1. Which persuasive technique uses words that make us feel strong emotions?

Emotive language

Repetition

Facts

2. Find an example of repetition in the text. Write it here:
3. A rhetorical question is asked but doesn't need an answer. Which of these is a rhetorical question?

"What time is it?"

"Don't you think we deserve a longer lunch break?"

"Where is my book?"

4. In the text, underline or highlight examples of:

Emotive language (words that make you feel something)

Opinion statements (what someone believes)

Rhetorical questions

Repetition (saying the same thing again)

✏️ WALT: Write a Persuasive Paragraph

Success Criteria: I can write a persuasive paragraph using at least 2 persuasive techniques

Topic: Persuade your teacher that students should have an extra 10 minutes of morning tea.

5. Choose your persuasive techniques (tick at least 2):

Emotive language

Repetition

Rhetorical questions

Opinion statements

6. Write your persuasive paragraph. Use these sentence starters to help:

Opening: "I believe that..." or "Don't you think that..."

Reasons: "Firstly..." "Also..." "Most importantly..."

Emotive words: amazing, wonderful, unfair, exhausted, delighted

Closing: "Surely you can see that..." or "I hope you will consider..."

7. Reflection (Encounter Curriculum - Integrity): How can we use persuasive writing in a respectful and honest way?

🌟 Extension Challenge

8. Advanced Learners: Create a rhetorical question and use repetition to persuade someone to help protect our environment:

Differentiation Support:

• Use the text to find examples before writing your own

• Work with a partner to share ideas

• Use the sentence starters provided

• Choose just one persuasive technique to focus on

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