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Year 6 · English · Writing for different purposes · Lesson 4

Persuasive writing

Persuasive writing: rhetorical questions, emotive language, the rule of three, direct address, statistics, counter-arguments and calls to action, with an original model.

Whiteboard video lesson: Persuasive writing

13-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Identify persuasive devices
  • Use devices in writing
  • Structure reasons in paragraphs
  • Include counter-arguments and a call to action

The method

  1. View.
  2. Reasons.
  3. Devices.
  4. Counter + action.

Key words: persuade, rhetorical question, emotive language, rule of three, counter-argument.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What is a rhetorical question?

  1. Step 1: No answer

Answer: a question asked for effect, not for an answer

Question 2

Write a rhetorical question about school dinners.

  1. Step 1: Do we...

Answer: e.g. ‘Should children really go hungry in the afternoon?’

Question 3

What is emotive language?

  1. Step 1: Feelings

Answer: words chosen to make the reader feel strongly