Worksheet 8a
Persuasive Bingo game
(teacher’s guide)
Rhetorical question
– A question that doesn’t need to be answered
Pattern of three
– Words, phrases or sentences used three times
Emotive language
– Language that is exaggerated to appeal to the emotions
Repetition
– Saying something more than once
Facts
– Things that can be proven
Statistics
– Numerical evidence to support an argument
Opinions
– Ideas that are believed but cannot be proven
Worst-case scenarios
– Setting out what will happen if the audience is not persuaded
to do what the writer is asking
Presenting the other side – Showing the opposite side of an argument
Figurative language
– Language used to represent something else,
for example, simile or metaphor
Anecdotes
– Personal stories that support the argument
Famous example
– An example that most of the audience would recognise
Alliteration
– Repetition of the first letter of words near each other
Balanced sentences
– Sentences where the second half of the sentence is structurally the
same as the first half
Hyperbole
– A deliberate exaggeration for effect
Bingo grid example:
BINGO
Facts
Famous
examples
ive
Anecdotes Emot
language
Pattern
of three
Hyperbole Repetition Statistics
Lesson 8: Persuasive writing
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Worksheet 8b
Examining a persuasive leaflet
Persuasive technique
Quotation from
leaflet
Rhetorical question
‘Do you think you can’t afford to give money to charity?’
Repetition
Lesson 8: Persuasive writing
SMART SKILLS BUILDER READING YR9
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