Week 23 PERSUASIVE WRITING http incoherency co ukcountdownpractise

Week 23 PERSUASIVE WRITING

http: //incoherency. co. uk/countdown/practise/ (10 m) Can you work out these conundrums? R B D E D O I N B C R F F R A R S E O N I D

Today’s lesson aims are…. üTo identify features of persuasive writing üTo create persuasive advertisements

RECAP How many types of tenses are there? 3 EXAMPLE: What are they? 1. I will finally go bungee jumping. Past, Present, Future 2. I will pass my driving test. Which tenses aretry the sentences? 3. I will tofollowing smile more. Yesterday, I walked to the newsagents. Put your name. I’m onwalking your paper, foldnewsagents. it up and put in the centre to the table. after work. I will walk to theofnewsagents TASK: Write sentences using the future tense. Write down 3 or more future goals you want to achieve by September.

The different purposes of text What is a text? ‘The words of something written’ ‘The main body of a written work’

Purpose �What is purpose? Purpose means ‘what is the aim or goal? ’ of the text. Or ‘who is it aimed at? ’ Different texts have different purposes. This is dependant on �The audience - who is the text written for? �The source- where it is form?

Text can have different purposes. Such as to…. . Describe Inform Instruct Persuade

What is the purpose of this text? Texts with a purpose to describe…. Wants you to picture what is being described Makes use of adjectives and adverbs Uses comparisons to help create the scene such as ‘soft as silk’ Employs the readers 5 senses

Texts with a purpose to inform… Avoid repetition Contain facts Give information in a clear way Usually to ‘advise’ or ‘tell’ you something

Texts with a purpose to instruct…. Instructs you or tells you ‘how’ to do something use verbs at the beginning of a sentence Language is direct Unnecessary words are left out Use diagrams or pictures to help understanding Use numbers or bullet points

Texts with a purpose to persuade…. Text in capital letters Repeated words Rhetorical questions Exclamation marks Humour Emotional one sided argument

Large, bold, capital title Remember this? �Where is Simple language, easy to readto going text/poster appear? �Who are the intended audience? �What is the aim of the article - to Different fonts and sizes inform, instruct, describe, entertain or persuade? What layout features have been used? How. Exaggeration are they persuasive? Where: beauty related shops Eye catching picture Who: Young women What: To persuade you buy this Colours mascara Emotive language

TASK �Analyse some texts identifying features of persuasive writing that have been used. �(hand out mind maps- 15 m)

Create your own adverts Create a persuasive advert for a beauty product or a salon. �Use persuasive devices to persuade customers to buy your product.