Persuasive Writing

WALT: To persuade someone to accept/ believe your point of view (to make the reader think like you)

• Students will be able to gather relevant information from various sources.

• Students will understand the structure and features of persuasive writing

• Students will be able to organise and present information effectively in a persuasive argument.

Purpose:

to persuade the reader to see an argument from their point of view and change their mind, buy or support something.

Success Criteria:

• Clearly state our position on the topic in the introduction.

• Include a series of arguments, supported by evidence, to justify the point of view.

(Position taken-evidence-restatement)

• Include facts and opinion

• Organise our ideas into paragraphs linking them logically. 

• Include a conclusion which re-states the position taken.

• Use a range of persuasive language features.

(Emotive language, rhetorical questions, use of statistics, Pronouns, opinion adjectives, linking words, strong language to reinforce viewpoint and technical terms)