Persuasive Writing

Question 1

What is DPRN?

Answer 1

Descriptive Hook, Personal Anecdote, Relevance and Now

Question 2

What does a descriptive hook do?

Answer 2

This establishes your overall position

Question 3

What do you have to do when writing a personal anecdote?

Answer 3

Zoom into the individual experience of this issue

Question 4

What do you have to do for Relevance?

Answer 4

Zoom out to reveal the impact to the wider world + engage with counter argument to demolish it

Question 5

How do you write the Now paragraph?

Answer 5

Propose a solution (‘call to action’) and state what must happen now, echo the opening of your argument

Question 6

What does DAFORESTPIE stand for?

Answer 6

Direct address, Alliteration/Anecdote, Facts/Flattery, Opinions/Opponent (opposite argument), Repetition/Rhetorical question, Exaggeration, Statistics/Satire (sarcastic/tongue in cheek humour), Triadic structure, Personal Pronouns, Imperatives, Emotive language