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Persuasive Writing. Home Page. flattery. hooks. What is my purpose? Who is my audience?. Persuasive Writing. How will I do it?. Purpose. entertain?. inform?. persuade?. Am I writing for a listener? a reader? someone my own age? an expert? the general public?. Audience.
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What is my purpose? Who is my audience? Persuasive Writing HowwillI do it?
Purpose entertain? inform? persuade?
Am I writing for a listener? a reader? someone my own age? an expert? the general public? Audience Who o o o?
What can I do to make my writing persuade my audience? What techniques can I use? Technique
Style and Tone How do I win my audience’s sympathy? Create a mood Thisis called tone
Techniques HOW? Here are sometechniques
Hooks HOOK your reader with facts but useemotive words and use emotive opinions
Writers use facts to persuade and use emotive words to emphasise their point of view Every year 15,000 foxes are in foxhunts Statistics show the that car accidents cause in Britain every year. It is the equivalent of 10 Jumbo Jets to earth, with all on board being deaths killed falling killed
Writers use facts to persuade and use emotive words to emphasise their point of view 2 Every year 15,000 helplessfoxes are slaughtered in foxhunts Statistics show thedreadful carnage and destructionthat car accidents cause in Britain every year. It is the equivalent of 10 Jumbo Jets plummeting to earth, with all on board beingwiped out
Writers use facts and comment on these with emotive opinions in order to persuade Foxhunts are organised by landowners. An event to satisfy theirdesire for excitement Cars cause a large number of deaths each year. Legislationbe brought in to reduce thethat we British have for owning might fondness them
Writers use facts and comment on these with emotive opinions in order to persuade Foxhunts are organised by wealthy landowners. An event to satisfy theirunhealthydesire for excitement and bloodshed Cars cause a large number of deaths each year. Legislationmustbe brought in to reduce theobsession that we British have of owning such alethalweapon
Flatter your audience to make it agree Flatter great handsome A great and handsome wolf like you should never need to degrade yourself by eating such a skinny little squirt as me! degrade skinny little squirt
Exaggeration EXAGGERATE! all all If you eat me the pigs from corner of the earth will descend upon your house and you and your family and their families …….. every every destroy destroy
Repetition pig Am I not a handsome , a kind , a friendly ? Why would you want to kill a as friendly as me? pig pig Repetition Repetition pig Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition
Rhetorical Questions These questions do not require an answer Am I confused! They make a point orpersuadethe audiencetothe writer’s point of view
Figurative Language alliteration simile metaphor Create an image to persuade theaudience to your point of view
SIMILE Use an image or comparison to win the audience to your point of view To you I am like the dirt on your paw but I am aPIG! PIG PIG PIG
METAPHOR To my family,I am a king, please do not disillusion them by eating me!
ALLITERATION I am only a puny porky pig. Why would awildandwonderfulwarrior like you want little me? p p p w w w
Linking Words so I amthe pig you dream of because I am GORGEOUS therefore you will want me, withoutdoubt, as your husband Use linking words to build your argument and join together your ideas
In conclusion, therefore, check your purpose, identify your audience, decide your viewpoint, and choose the techniques you think will work best. Without doubt YOU can do it. The sky is the limit, so get started!