Persuasive writing

Question 1

P.A.R.T.S

Answer 1

Persuasive
Attention
Rhetorical question
Technique
Statistic

Question 2

Personal opinion

Answer 2

You should always show personal opinion in your writing as it is showing you are confident in what you are saying.

Question 3

“get, do, will, put” are all examples of what kind of word? What is this used for?

Answer 3

These are all imperatives. They order people to do things.

Question 4

These are used to provide 3 points to support an argument or to describe it.

Answer 4

Group of 3

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

Used to exaggerate the words you are speaking so the audience take in the seriousness of your persuasion.

Question 6

Rhetorical question

Answer 6

A question which implies its own answer or it makes the audience think.

Question 7

Emotive language

Answer 7

This is to make the audience feel emotion by using certain vocabulary.

Question 8

Statistics and figures

Answer 8

This is a lot of factual data used in a persuasive way. Sometimes you can make these ‘facts’ up as long as they relate to your work.

Question 9

Summary

Answer 9

These sum up everything that has been said and they should end with a strong, powerful sentence.

Question 10

G.A.P.S

Answer 10

Genre
Audience
Purpose
Stem

Question 11

Personal pronouns

Answer 11

These are words like “I” “you” and “we”.

Question 12

Direct address

Answer 12

This is where you make the reader think you are addressing them only by using words like “you”.

Question 13

Opening a letter

Answer 13

Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss/Sir/All

Question 14

Closing a letter

Answer 14

Yours sincerely/faithfully

Question 15

Formal letter

Answer 15

This this where you write using specific vocabulary to look like you know what you are talking about. You write the letter very seriously. They are very sophisticated and mature.

Question 16

Informal letter

Answer 16

These letters are often friendly and can contain slang or certain dialect.