Starter quiz
- Which of the following will we not include in a persuasive paragraph of our letter to Sherlock Holmes?
- a reason why we think Holmes should investigate
- evidence to support the reason
- a summary of what has happened ✓
- persuasive techniques
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- Which of the following are persuasive techniques?
- presumption ✓
- flattery ✓
- rhetorical question ✓
- semi-colon
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- Which sentences include a persuasive technique?
- The local police have not been of any help.
- Surely you would not want this situation to continue, would you? ✓
- If you do not help, the situation will continue to get worse. ✓
- It would be really nice if you could help.
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- After which word should the colon be placed in this sentence? 'The community is feeling very unsafe many people fear the Hound must be real.'
- unsafe ✓
- people
- fear
- feeling
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- Which sentence has a colon for explanation in the correct position?
- I desperately need your help if the Hound is real, I am in: serious danger.
- I desperately need your help: if the Hound is real, I am in serious danger. ✓
- I desperately need your help if: the Hound is real, I am in serious danger.
- I desperately need your: help if the Hound is real, I am in serious danger.
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- Which persuasive technique is used here? 'I look forward to hearing your solution to this problem very soon.'
- veiled threat
- flattery
- presumption ✓
- rhetorical question
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Exit quiz
- Which cohesive device has been used here? 'Because they have very little experience of these matters, the local police have been completely unable to help.'
- relative complex sentence
- adverbial complex sentence ✓
- compound sentence
- colon to explain
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- Which cohesive device has been used here? 'The local police, who have very little experience, have been of little help.'
- relative complex sentence ✓
- adverbial complex sentence
- compound sentence
- colon to explain
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- Which cohesive devices could be used to connect these two ideas? 'The police have tried their best. They lack the skills to be of any real use.'
- the subordinating conjunction 'because'
- the co-ordinating conjunction 'but' ✓
- the fronted adverbial 'however' following a semi-colon ✓
- the fronted adverbial 'due to this' following a semi-colon
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- Which example joins these ideas correctly? 'The police have been hopeless in this case. They have been completely hopeless.'
- The police have been hopeless in this case and completely hopeless.
- The police have been hopeless - completely hopeless - in this case. ✓
- The police, who have been completely hopeless, have been hopeless in this case.
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- Which example uses a colon to explain correctly?
- I do not blame them: they have little experience. ✓
- I do not blame them they have: little experience.
- I do not: blame them they have little experience.
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- Which two persuasive techniques are used here? 'I am certain you will do a better job: your unmatched investigative skills cannot possibly fail.'
- flattery ✓
- veiled threat
- rhetorical question
- presumption ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- The paragraph should give a reason, followed by evidence to support that reason.
- We should include a range of persuasive techniques in the paragraph.
- Within the paragraph, ideas are connected using cohesive devices.
- Parenthesis can be added to clarify a noun using commas or to emphasise a point using dashes.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to add parenthesis to a sentence in the correct position.
Parenthesis often follows a noun to add extra information; it can be removed and the sentence will still make sense.
Keywords
Persuasive technique - a structure or device used in writing to try to change someone’s mind or behaviour
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Parenthesis - additional information that is added to a sentence; if it is removed, the sentence still makes sense
Reason - an explanation or justification
Evidence - information or facts that show something is true
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