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What is persuasive text?
Persuasive texts are constructed to make the reader do something. They are non-fiction texts.
Persuasive texts can take a number of forms, for example an advert persuading you to buy some chocolate, a poster encouraging people to stop smoking or a travel brochure enticing the reader to go to a particular country. Persuasive text is a form of non-fiction text that is usually taught in Key Stage 2.
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Persuasive text often includes:
- repeated words
- alliterative words
- emotional language
- a strong argument
- rhetorical questions
- colourful and eye-catching fonts / capitalised words
Persuasive writing in practice
Teachers tend to teach a unit on persuasive texts that is related to a theme children are studying that term. For example, they might be teaching the children about the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece. Children might learn facts about the Games with a view to designing their own poster encouraging people to come.
To familiarise children with the kind of text they want them to eventually produce, the teacher might give the children a range of texts encouraging people to attend various current sporting events. They would look at how the layout of these texts might be persuasive, for example: bright colours, exciting pictures and eye-catching fonts. They would then look at the words and phrases used to persuade people to attend the events. These might include: 'exciting', 'fantastic', 'once in a lifetime', 'limited period only', 'tickets selling fast'. There might be some kind of incentive to buy quickly: 'Book before Friday and get two tickets for the price of one'.
Using their knowledge of the Ancient Greek Olympic Games, they would then plan their own poster, encouraging people to come to the Games. They would need to think about all the features they had studied and decide how they were going to lay out their poster and what they would write on it. They may do some draft writing which they would then edit with the help of their teacher or peers, before producing their neat version.
How are children taught persuasive writing in KS2?
The literacy framework sets out a number of units on persuasive writing in Key Stage 2 that most state school teachers follow.
In Year 3, persuasive writing is linked to information texts , so that a teacher will choose a topic to study and then will show children how to write persuasively about this topic.
In Year 4 , the suggested persuasive writing unit is for children to write their own persuasive film review .
In Year 5 , children may be taught how to write a letter to a certain person (of choice) to persuade them on an important issue.
In Year 6 , persuasive writing is often linked to one of the suggested poetry units.
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Understand the Features of Persuasive Texts
In this worksheet, students consider the language conventions and grammatical features of persuasive texts.
Key stage: KS 2
Year: Year 6 English worksheets
Curriculum topic: Reading: Comprehension
Curriculum subtopic: Awareness of Structure and Purpose
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Persuasive text s aim to persuade readers to buy something, do something or change their minds about something.
A persuasive text often has the following features:
1) It states the writer’s viewpoint in the opening sentence.
2) It puts forward arguments and evidence to support this viewpoint.
3) It sometimes (but certainly not always!) puts forward opposing arguments.
4) It uses the present tense.
5) It uses emotive language (e.g. despicable , cruel , heart-warming ).
6) It uses connectives that emphasise ( e.g. moreover ), contrast (e.g. however ) or show cause and effect ( e.g. because of this ).
7) It often repeats the main points of the text.
8) It poses rhetorical questions (questions that don't require an answer).
How many more animals must suffer before something is done about this?
9) It ends with a final summary or recommendation.
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- 1. IDENTIFY FEATURES OF PERSUASIVE TEXTS. EN10WC-IA-12.1
- 2. FEATURES OF A PERSUASIVE TEXT • 1. Present tense – consider the singular and plural form of the verb • 2. Connectives and conjunctions – to connect ideas • 3. Powerful verbs – use action words in an active voice • 4. Single exclamation marks – decide one only
- 3. FEATURES OF A PERSUASIVE TEXT • 5. Strong adjectives – colourful and imaginative descriptive words • 6. Emotive words – words which can touch emotions • 7. Paragraphs – one paragraph in one idea • 8. Repeated words – for words to emphasize
- 4. FEATURES OF A PERSUASIVE TEXT • 9. Rhetorical questions – question to be posed as a guide in discussing ideas • 10. Exaggeration – may use hyperbole for an important idea to emphasize • 11. Facts and statistics – are pieces of information, data, facts and figures as evidences to support • 12. Personal pronouns – be consistent of the first, second, or third person used
- 5. KNOWING ALL THESE FEATURES OF A PERSUASIVE TEXT, LET US TAKE THIS EXAMPLE: • Triumphant Return Ten Years After • Ten years ago this month, a gigantic forest park was a sea of flames. The news media and politicians fanned the flames even higher. The park was devastated – devastated! Night after night, horrific images of ash and flame flashed across TV screens. One evening after showing an enormous expanse of blackened forest, network news anchor concluded: “This is what’s left of the park tonight.” But guess what? Fire didn’t destroy the park. Ten years later, we realize fire had the opposite effect. Fire rejuvenated the park. Wildlife is healthy. Tourism is thriving. Biodiversity is booming. New forests are rising from the ashes of old ones. The recovery is so dramatic. It deserves a closer look. In April and May, as fires raged across the park, business owners fumed. “Our future is ruined,” they said. Tourism is dead. But today, tourism is very much alive. It has set numerous visitation records. Fire has not repelled tourists; it has attracted them –-just as it attracts many species of wildlife. Ten years later, the number one question asked of naturalists remain: “What are the effects of the fires?” The answer is simple: The fires were therapeutic. Not one has concluded the fires were harmful. That sounds too good to be true. But it is. The science is there to prove it.
- 6. IN THIS PERSUASIVE TEXT, IT USES FIVE (5) PARAGRAPHS TO ENTICE THE READERS’ EYES. IN EACH PARAGRAPH, WE CAN FIND THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
- 7. DISCUSS THE FEATURES OF PERSUASIVE TEXT USING THE ITEM PRESENTED:
- 8. DISCUSS WITH YOUR SEATMATE THE FEATURES OF PERSUASIVE TEXT USED IN EACH MATERIAL.
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