Emphasis markers for persuasive writing

Cycle 8, Meeting 1​

​Good persuasive writing uses a combination of thorough research to back up your claim and careful word choice to sway the readers to agree with your position. In today's session, we will learn how we can be convincing in our writing.

​Share for Humanity

1. What is said in the tagline of coke?

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

2. According to the tagline, what feeling does coke give you?

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

Multiple Choice

What type of text is used to convince someone about something

• descriptive

• informative

• persuasive

• expository

​Common Persuasive Markers

Practice

Identify the persuasive markers used in each of these sentences.

Multiple Choice

1. Together, we can make a world full of hope.

• emotive language

• personal pronouns

• exaggeration

• repetition

Multiple Choice

2. Seek, righteousness, seek meekness.

• literary devices

• generalization

• repetition

• rhetorical question

Multiple Choice

3. The poor dog was abandoned in a filthy street.

• emotive language

• literary devices

• imperative

• personal pronoun

Multiple Choice

4. I just ran a million times in your head.

• emotive language

• personal pronoun

• exaggeration

• generalization

Multiple Choice

5. Turn off the lights.

• personal pronoun

• exaggeration

• repetition

• imperative

Open Ended

How can one be more persuasive in writing and speaking?