Persuasive Writing
Lesson Seven
Learning Objectives:
To demonstrate knowledge of persuasive techniques
in the format of a speech
To evaluate others’ work and give them suggestions
Assessment Foci:
Writing AF2 & AF7
Reading AF1
Task One
Write down on your mini whiteboards what persuasive technique
you think each example is. Remember – AFOREST!
ALLITERATION
FACTS
OPINIONS
REPETITION/RHETORICAL QUESTION
EMOTIVE LANGAUEG/EXAGGERATION
STATISTICS
THREE ADJECTIVES (TRIPLING)
• David
Beckham is a
millionaire.
• Do you think
Messi is the
best football
player in the
world?
• L.F.C is the
best football
club ever
made.
• Ferguson:
Fantastic,
focused and a
football
fanatic.
• 99% of the
public love
football.
• Steven Gerrard
is talented,
successful and
one of the most
inspirational
footballers of
all time.
• Come on you
blues! Come on
you blues!
Come on you
blues!
Task One
Discuss this question in your groups and
decide whether you agree or disagree.
You must have valid reasons for your
argument!
Note these down in your book and PLAN
your work!
Task Two
Individually, you must write a speech
persuading the rest of the group that
footballers get paid too much or too
little.
Look at the model example of how to
start off and ensure you use as many
persuasive techniques as you can!
Model example of how to start
speech
Footballers get paid far too much. They
do not deserve to earn as much money
as other people in society! People with
more important jobs deserve to earn
this type of money, they get paid
millions for kicking a ball around a field,
they are paid for travelling all over the
world and some don’t even enjoy it!
Swap your work!
Now, you must swap your work with
another person.
You must read their speech you must
decide if it persuasive enough. Use the
peer assessment sheet and give them
feedback on the good elements and
what they can improve.