1. Navigating NAPLAN
A Voiceless Teaching and Learning Program Years 7 & 9
Persuasive Writing
LESSON 1
Introduction to persuasive writing

2. Preparing you for the task
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Introduction
Techniques
Structure/arguments
Bringing it together
Write here, write now!
Share, reflect, redraft

3. Why do we persuade others?
The power of persuasion
Why do we persuade others?
Activity
As a class, discuss the reasons why we seek to persuade others.

4. What is persuasive writing?
When you write persuasively, you are trying to convince the reader to agree with your position.
It can be distinguished from other types of writing, which have a different purpose.
For example, if you were writing to educate someone, you would simply present the relevant facts and explain the topics, concepts and issues involved. Your purpose would be to educate them, not to persuade them into adopting a certain view or position.

5. What is persuasive writing?
Consider the following piece of text. Do you think this text was written with the purpose of educating or persuading the reader?
Every time you purchase a single-use plastic container, straw, cup or bag, you are contributing to our huge plastic pollution problem in Australia. There is no excuse for using single-use plastics when there are so many reusable alternatives available. It is completely unethical that we are even still producing plastic water bottles!

6. What is persuasive writing?
What persuasive techniques have been used?
Every time you purchase a single-use plastic container, straw, cup or bag, you are contributing to our huge plastic pollution problem in Australia. There is no excuse for using single-use plastics when there are so many reusable alternatives available. It is completely unethical that we are even still producing plastic water bottles!
Second person pronoun
Emphatic statements
Emotive words
High modality words
Punctuation