L3 Persuasive Text Flashcards
Any text where the main purpose is to present a point of view and seeks to persuade a reader.
Persuasive Text
Persuasive text can be an ___, ___, ___, ___, or even an ___
argument, exposition, discussion, review or even an advertisement
What to use when Emphasizing a Point through Persuasive Sentences
- Passive Voice
- Inverted Word Order
- Cleft Sentence: It
- Cleft Sentence: What
- Do or did
It is used when the focus is on the action of the person or thing is affected.
Passive Voice
The phrases or other expressions precedes a subject.
Inverted Word Order
It is used to focus on a word or phrase and to emphasize the intention of the messages by changing the normal sentence pattern with pronoun “ it is “ or “ it was. “
Cleft Sentence: It
It is used to emphasize a specific subject or object. The clause introduced by “what” is the subject or object in a sentence.
Cleft Sentence: What
We use auxiliary verbs “do” and “did” to add emphasis on sentences.
Do or Did