Persuasive Text

Persuasive texts are used to

• Entertain the reader
• Provide factual information
• Describe a scene or character
• Convince the reader of a certain point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

Persuasive texts...

• to inform

• to persuade

• to tell a story

• are a 'how-to' guide

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

How many paragraphs should your persuasive text have?

• 1. your argument

• 2. 2. Introduction and argument

• 3. Introduction, argument, counter-argument

• 4. 4. Introduction, argument, counter argument, conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

What is the name given to the paragraphs in a persuasive text?

• Introduction, argument, counter-argument and conclusion

• introduction, body, conclusion

• introduction, argument, conclusion

• introduction, argument, evidence, conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

Which two paragraphs are most similar?

• Introduction and conclusion

• none

• conclusion and argument

• argument and counter-argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

What types of evidence can be used in persuasive texts?

• statistics

• quotes

• graphs and charts

• opinions

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

Quotations are..

• words from an expert

• numbers, graphs and charts

• an example

• a short story

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A counter argument is...

• part of a poem

• a method of counting

• an argument against the claim

• what the writer believes

When writing a persuasive text, we use which tense?

• Past

• Present

• Future

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

Why are counter arguments important?

• to make your text longer

• to show we investigated both sides of the argument