Persuasive Writing

In the lesson today you will...

• Revise persuasive devices.

• Look at and comment on the writer’s use of language.

• Make SQE points about the writer’s use of persuasive language.

Persuasive Devices

• Authority-use of

• Facts and Figures

• Opinion

• Rhetorical Questions

• Emotive Language

• Statistics

• Tripling/Rule of Three

Leaflet Analysis

• Analyse the persuasive devices used in the leaflet you are given. You need to identify the device used and suggest how it would make the reader feel.

• Make notes about the persuasive devices you can see in the different leaflets.

• If you have access to a printer, you could print the leaflets and annotate them. Otherwise, just make notes on a piece of paper or on a word document.

• You could also find some other examples of attractions, online.

• Try to write some SQEs about how the leaflets persuade us to visit the attraction.

SQE Grid

S Q E

The Cantref leaflet uses emotive language

'stunning scenery' This suggests that the farm is.......

What did I achieve this lesson?

Did I...

• Revise persuasive devices?

• Look at and comment on the writer’s use of language?

• Make SQE points about the writer’s use of persuasive language?