Starter quiz
- True or false? A letter is a written, typed, or printed communication, sent in an envelope by post or messenger.
- True ✓
- False
- What are the features of something?
- the title
- the words used in a book
- the parts or characteristics that make something unique ✓
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- What does persuade mean?
- to convince or to make someone agree with you ✓
- to give your opinion
- to disagree with someone
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- What is vocabulary?
- the thoughts in our head
- the pictures used to communicate
- the words we know and use to communicate with others ✓
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- True or false? Informal writing can be identified by its serious, unemotional and impersonal tone.
- True
- False ✓
- The place where someone lives or where an organisation is situated is called...
- an address. ✓
- a map.
- a direction.
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Exit quiz
- Persuasion is the action or process of trying to change someone’s...
- name.
- address.
- mind or behaviour. ✓
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- True or false? The purpose of a persuasive letter is to change someone’s mind or behaviour or convince them about something.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these might be reasons to write a persuasive letter?
- to explain something ✓
- to ask something ✓
- to agree with someone
- to sell something ✓
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- True or false? Persuasive letters are mostly written using an informal tone.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of these is a linguistic feature of a persuasive letter?
- figurative language
- flattery ✓
- rhyming words
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- Which of these is a definition for the technique 'veiled' threat'?
- a threat that isn’t directly stated but is implied ✓
- a threat that is promised to be carried out
- a threat that is so unlikely it is clear that it will never happen
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The purpose of a persuasive letter is to change someone’s mind or behaviour or convince them about something.
- A persuasive letter is often formal in tone.
- Flattery, presumption and veiled threat are examples of persuasive devices.
Common misconception
Pupils may not know the difference between the different types of fronted adverbial.
Teach pupils that an ‘and’ formal fronted adverbial builds on a point, a ‘but’ formal fronted adverbial introduces a contrasting idea to the previous sentence and a fronted adverbial of cause tells the reader the cause and effect of something.
Keywords
Persuasion - the action or process of trying to change someone’s mind or behaviour
Purpose - the reason for something and the desired impact
Linguistic technique - language device used to have a desired impact on the reader
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