1. Trying to get others to be on your to agree with
you
Persuasive
Writing:

2. Persuasive Writing
1. You give your opinion on a
subject.
2. You are trying to convince or
persuade others to agree with
your views.

3. Things to include in your
Persuasive Essay
1. Use facts, examples and details
2. Use good reasons and evidence
3. Can use counter arguments
4. Fascinate reader
5. Use strong positive language
6. Make the reader think everyone else agrees
7. Use humour
8. Be informative, persuasive and friendly

4. Getting started: Brainstorming
List, List and List:
1. List details about the subject.
2. Collect additional information needed.
3. Select two or three main points that best
supports your opinion and one counter
argument
4. Have supporting details/examples/facts for your
main points.

5. Persuasive Techniques
Rhetorical question A question that is asked which makes the
reader think.
How would you feel if we ran out of energy
today?
Repetition Words or phrases are repeated so that they
stick in the reader’s mind.
Fossil fuels product pollution and the
pollution is so serious, it affects our health.
Emotive Language When words are used to make the reader feel
a certain emotion, like sadness or anger.
The animals are helpless against the oil spills
and us destroying their habitats.

6. Persuasive Techniques
Exaggeration When information is given that is over the top,
or slightly untrue.
Our world will become one big garbage dump!
Facts and statistics When truthful information is given to back up
a point.
The global temperatures has risen by almost 1
degree over the last century.
Groups of three When 3 adjectives or phrases are used to
emphasise a point.
Nuclear energy is dangerous, harmful and
hazardous.

7. Writing a Persuasive Essay
• Claim – States the main point or stance
• Big Names – Mentions experts and important
people who support the argument
• Logic – Uses logic, numbers, or facts to support
the argument

8. Writing a Persuasive Essay
• Emotions – Appeals to the audience’s emotions
• Trust – Tries to build trust and credibility
• Research – Uses studies and information to
make the argument seem more convincing; this
can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or
illustrations

9. Sentence Starters
• Most people would agree that…
• Only a fool would think that…
• A sensible idea would be to…
• We ALL know that…
• It wouldn’t be very difficult to…

10. • The fact is that…
• EVERBODY knows that…
• Surely you would agree that…
• This clearly shows that…
• We can see from the evidence that…

11. • I am writing to…
• We can do without this…
• Obviously…
• We can solve this by…
• This will cause…
• Do you really think…
• Is it really worth…
• This needs to be dealt with…

12. • It will ruin our quality of life.
• Surely…
• This will mean that…
• Just think about…
• How could you (we) possibly…
• What would happen if…
• Do you want to be a part of…