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Year 7 · English · Persuasive speaking · Lesson 1

Persuasive techniques (AFOREST)

The seven AFOREST persuasive techniques - alliteration, facts, opinion, rhetorical questions, emotive language, statistics and the rule of three - and appealing to head and heart.

Whiteboard video lesson: Persuasive techniques (AFOREST)

17-minute video lesson

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

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What your child will learn

  • Remember AFOREST
  • Tell fact from opinion
  • Identify persuasive techniques
  • Write persuasive sentences

The method

  1. Quote.
  2. Name.
  3. Head or heart?
  4. Explain.

Key words: persuade, AFOREST, rhetorical question, emotive language, rule of three, statistic.

Worked examples

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

Question 1

What does the A in AFOREST stand for?

  1. Step 1: Sounds

Answer: alliteration

Question 2

What does the F stand for?

  1. Step 1: True

Answer: facts

Question 3

What does the O stand for?

  1. Step 1: Belief

Answer: opinion