The document discusses persuasive statements and how to make statements more authoritative. It provides examples of persuasive phrases like "It is commonly stated that..." and has an exercise to practice making everyday statements more persuasive. The answers section shows how the sample statements were rephrased to sound more confident and expert by using language like "It is commonly acknowledged" or "There's no doubt that".

1. PERSUASIVE Arguing
Persuading
STATEMENTS Advising
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2. PERSUASIVE STATEMENTS
 Learning Objective: learning to use language which makes you
sound authoritative and like you are an exper t. To learn how to
write persuasive statements.
 The way you use language can really make you sound
authoritative; if you phrase things a certain way you can
definitely sound important. Eg
 It is commonly stated that…
 It is often argued…
 Everyone agrees that…
 No one can be in any doubt that…
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3. EXERCISE
 Take these statements and make them sound more
authoritative and persuasive.
 Pupils think homework is a waste of time.
 Teachers hope homework might do their pupils some good.
 Animals are very sad when they are locked in cages.
 Football is sometimes quite interesting.
Choose a hobby/activity you REALLY like and write a persuasive
statement about it.
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4. ANSWERS??
 It is commonly acknowledged that pupils think homework is a
waste of time.
 There’s no doubt that teachers believe homework will help
their pupils.
 Everyone agrees animals are miserable when they are locked
up in cages.
 Everyone thinks that football is fascinating.
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5. PLENARY
 What have you learnt about persuasive language here?
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