NONFICTION WRITING: Persuasive Texts

What is the purpose of persuasive writing?

• To inform

• To entertain or tell a story

• To convince or persuade

• To give directions

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

After reading a strong persuasive message, a person would most likely.....

• learn how to do something

• agree with the message

• feel happy

• play a board game

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

Look at the list.

Choose all types of PERSUASIVE TEXTS that are in the list.

• speeches

• leaflets/brochures

• diaries

• letters

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

The goal of an argument is to .......

• entertain someone with a good story

• get someone to see your point of view

• learn something

• feel happy

Sun, surf and sand, is what makes the beach relaxing.

Is an example of...

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How could you even consider not going?

Is an example of...

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

Netball is awesome. Netball is great exercise. Netball is a game everyone should play.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The following texts all use persuasive writing except...

• diaries

• reviews

• speeches

• advertisements

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

Which technique in persuasive writing uses pieces of information that are proven to be true as evidences to your argument?

• direct address

• emotive language

• rhetorical question

• fact

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice , sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. What technique did the speaker use here?

• repetition

• rhetorical question

• direct address

• opinion

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3