Persuasive Writing

1. Persuasive Writing Mr Tronerud 7RB

2. Exposition or argument! • Exposition texts are written for the purpose of presenting a point of view in favour or against a specific topic. • The ultimate aim is to try to convince the reader to agree with your opinion, or take a certain course of action, by giving reasons and examples to support your ideas. • Exposition texts: • • are emotive • are biased • sound authoritative

3. Exposition or argument! emotive • adjective • arousing or able to arouse intense feeling: animal experimentation is an emotive subject the issue has proved highly emotive • expressing a person’s feelings rather than being neutrally descriptive: the comparisons are emotive rather than analytic

4. Exposition or argument! biased • adjective • unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something: we will not tolerate this biased media coverage

5. Exposition or argument! sound authoritative • adjective • able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable: clear, authoritative information and advice, an authoritative source • commanding and self-confident; likely to be respected and obeyed: his/her voice was calm and authoritative

6. Exposition or argument! Structure Introduction • include a statement to give the author’s opinion • preview important arguments • engage the reader’s attention “This is what I am going to say…………..”

7. Exposition or argument! Structure Body • include a series of paragraphs • give a new idea or argument with evidence and examples to support it in each paragraph • use persuasive language • use researched, quoted or reported speech • use cohesive language to link ideas between paragraphs “Now I am saying it…………………”

8. Exposition or argument! Structure Conclusion • restate the position of the writer • sum up the main arguments • include request action to be taken by the reader (optional) • do NOT give any new information “This is what I have just said…………” Activity 1

9. Exposition or argument! Activity 1

10. Exposition or argument! Activity 1 Title: Drugs in sport should be banned! Introduction: Include three points Performance enhancing drugs give teams, or individuals, an unfair advantage. They could be harmful to the players. Damages the image of the game. Main body – Arguments: Performance enhancing drugs give teams, or individuals, an unfair advantage. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ They could be harmful to the players ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Damages the image of the game ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Remember each new idea is a paragraph and your paragraphs should include two or three sentences which may include statistics, quotes, evidence and examples too support your argument. Conclusion: Summarises and restates the position of the writer and sums up the main arguments. It may include a request for action to be taken by the reader. It does NOT give any new information

11. Discussions Discussion texts are written for the purpose of presenting different opinions, points of view, or perspectives on a specific issue. These may be: • in favour • against • unsure Ideas and arguments from all sides are evaluated before a decision is made.

12. Discussions Discussion texts: • can examine controversial topics • use arguments directly related to the topic • need to be convincing • sound authoritative

13. Discussions Structure Introduction • include a statement to define the topic. • give background information to the reader about the topic. • show the different points of view to be examined. “This is what I am going to say…………..”

14. Discussions Structure Body • include a series of paragraphs • include 2 or 3 paragraphs with arguments in favour and reasons or examples to support these ideas • include 2 or 3 paragraphs with arguments against and reasons or examples to support these ideas • use researched, quoted or reported speech • use persuasive language • use cohesive language to link ideas or to show change of opinion “Now I am saying it…………………”

15. Discussions Structure Conclusion • give a summary of arguments from both sides. • evaluate which arguments are the most effective. • may recommend one point of view over the other because of the arguments presented. “This is what I have just said…………”

16. Discussions Unlike an argument discussions present more than one side of an issue before coming to a position. N.B.Remember exposition writing requires the author to already have a position before they start. Discussions may use evidence from both sides of the issue to persuade the reader to form an opinion. Or simply highlight all sides of the argument so people can make informed choices.

17. Discussions Activity 2

18. Conjunctions Mr Tronerud 7RB

19. Conjunctions Conjunctions are words that link ideas. They bring one idea or piece of information into some kind of relationship with another idea or piece of information. In this way, they help to create continuity or ‘flow’ in a text.

20. Conjunctions • Conjunctions of addition and replacement additive conjunctions simply add more information to what is already there. Examples of additive conjunctions include: and, also, in addition, not only … but also, moreover, further, besides. • Example • Video games have been shown to increase hand eye co-ordination.Furthermore, evidence suggests video games can enhance a child’s problem solving abilities.