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T hink of synonyms for persuasion. Synonyms for persuasion convincing urging Influencing tempting Inducing enticing Think of the mind and people’s feelings:. Think of the mind and people’s feelings
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Synonyms for persuasion convincing urging Influencing tempting Inducing enticing Think of the mind and people’s feelings:
Think of the mind and people’s feelings • How are 6th grader’s feeling? • What are they thinking?
-They are caring -need reassurance -feel intimidated Want: To be treated well, enjoyment, a good feeling inside
Title? How can you make it attractive? It must convey a message (6th graders about coming to Bach) The text must appeal to the mind and the feelings. What strategies will you use to convince the 6th graders to come to Bach?
What strategies will you use to convince the 6th graders to come to Bach? • LANGUAGE?
Sell Bach to them! • BOLD opening • Use mainly the present tense • Write in the second person - address your audience directly • Language that appeals to emotions, emotive words • Generalisation • Exaggeration • evidence • Repetition of words or ideas • Give commands
Use personal anecdotes after the facts and evidence • Rhetorical questions to engage audience • Try to make opinions sound like facts • Dare the reader to disagree • Use powerful verbs and strong adjectives • Use emphasizing and cause and effect connectives • You might refer to a different opinion, but then criticise it or • prove that it is wrong, and that your position is the right one. • Sound as though you really believe in what you are saying – is it a matter of life or death? • Finish with an instruction: TELL THEM!
How to structure it? • PERSUASIVE TEXT (BACH) • (THINK OF A TITLE WHICH WILL BE ENTICING) • Opening statement: BOLD opening. Open with a statement of the issue being addressed! • State you position on the issue (1 paragraph) • Main body of text contains the arguments that are elaborated with reason and evidence (facts) (2 paragraphs) • End with a summary. (1 paragraph)