What is it and why do we do it? Persuasive Text What is it and why do we do it?
What is persuasive text? Presenting a point of view or an argument to influence others or to sell something.
Why do we do it ? To persuade, convince, argue, or sell to others our point of view, opinion or belief. Ryan Johnston (2009) defines persuasive text as, "any print, non-print or multimodal source of information which aims to position an audience to share a point of view, or to accept a product or service."
Basic Structure of Persuasive Text Point of View Reason Example/fact Ending with a strong statement of conclusion
Word to use in persuasive text to join point of view Connectives (words that link reasons): Firstly Secondly Thirdly Next Finally In addition Lastly Then Because Use emotive words to express reasons and examples Fantastic Incredible Explore many words depending on text