Persuasive Text

What is the purpose of a persuasive text?

• To entertain the reader.

• To explain how something works.

• To convince readers to think, do or buy something.

• To give the reader a good time.

If you are trying to persuade someone, you are making a _______________ for / against something.

• Assessment

• Argument

• Augmentation

• Aragram

A persuasive text could... (check all that apply)

• Try to get people to support your cause.

• Urge people to action.

• Get people to make a change.

• Prove something wrong.

Answer explanation

Yes...all of them. Persuasive text can convince people to do many things!

What would be a good way to "hook" the reader in a persuasive text?

• Ask them a rhetorical question.

• Yell at them.

• Start talking immediately about your opinion.

• Ignore the audience and just say whatever.

What is an "anecdote"?

• Stuff you take when you get bitten by a snake.

• A sort of cow.

• A tropical storm.

• A short story to illustrate a point.

Bias is ...

• A washing machine.

• Facts.

• The point of view someone has for something, vs. something else.

• Tacos.

Writers support their opinions with... (check all that apply).

• Facts

• Statistics

• Anecdotes

• Tacos

What is one way you could "hook" your reader? (check all that apply)

• Use loud words.

• Use a riddle.

• Use a plural noun.

• Use a rhetorical question.

In persuasive texts, facts are good to include because...

• They are facts, and facts are all you need.

• Facts support your opinion, so people are more likely to agree with you.

• Facts are always proven untrue.

• Facts are the same thing as opinions.

"Buying fast food is the worst choice you can make." What is a good detail to support this claim?

• Fast food is delicious.

• Fast food is convenient.

• Fast food is full of saturated fat.

• Fast food sells a lot.