Know your persuasive text
What is the main purpose of persuasive text?
To convince or persuade the audience.
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What persuasive technique appeals to the audience’s feelings and emotions?
Emotional Appeal
Persuasive text aims to entertain the reader with fictional stories.
False
They aim to convince the readers of a particular viewpoint, claim or stance
Give an example of an opinion
Example: Dogs are better than cat.
What do we call the writer’s main opinion or position?
Claim or Stance
Clue: This structure highlights an issue, explains its importance, and proposes a specific course of action along with its benefits
Problem-Solution structure
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You encounter persuasive text daily in ads, speeches, conversations and editorials.
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What is the difference between a claim and a supporting reason?
A claim is the main opinion, while a supporting reason explains why the claim should be believed.
This structure weighs two or more viewpoints by comparing their features, pros, and cons to argue why one is superior
Compare-Contrast structure
Introduction
An example of a persuasive text is a poem.
False, poems are used to entertain not to convince the reader.
"If we don't protect our planet today, what kind of world will be left for future generations tomorrow?"
What kind of question is this?
Rhetorical Question
Who is the person or group that the writer wants to persuade?
Audience and Readers
Clue: This text structure presents information in a strict time sequence and is often used for historical arguments or future predictions.
Chronological Order
What must body paragraphs provide to support thier clear topic sentences or claims?
Evidence, Examples and Reasong
Personal appeal is used to convince the reader through emotions.
False.
EMOTIONAL appeal uses emotions to convince the reader.
Give an example fo a fact.
Example: There are 42 students in section Sunflower
Why should a writer use facts and evidence instead of opinions alone?
Facts and evidence make the argument more credible and convincing.
Clue: This structure isolates a specific trigger or multiple triggers, details their resulting outcomes, and explains how altering the initial trigger changes the final results
Cause-Effect structure
What are the three structural components that completes the body of the persuasive text?
Topic sentence, Supporting Sentence and Conclusion
A persuasive text can motivate specific behavior but cannot change a person's perspective.
False
Give me an example of rhetorical questions.
"Is this how we want our future generations to see?"