Persuasive writing aims to convince or motivate people to think or act in a certain way. It uses techniques like addressing the reader directly with pronouns like "you", employing descriptive adjectives, asking rhetorical questions, and repeating words or phrases for emphasis. An example persuasive speech provided uses these techniques to advocate for racial harmony, asking the audience rhetorical questions and repeating the call for an end to conflict.

1. What is Persuasive Writing?

2. Persuasive Writing Makes you do or think something. It could be the words on a chocolate wrapper which tempt you to buy a particular brand. Or the words on a newspaper encouraging you to vote for someone.

3. Task 1 You have Two Minutes How many other different forms of persuasive texts can you think of?

4. Four Persuasive Techniques Task 2- Ten Minutes A personal pro-noun An Adjective Rhetorical Question Repetition

5. Persuasive Techniques A personal pro-noun includes or addresses a person directly, e.g. ‘you’, ‘me', 'we’ An adjective is a … e.g.… A rhetorical question is a… e.g.… Repetition means… e.g.….

6. Persuasive Techniques A personal pro noun includes or addresses a person directly e.g. ‘you’, ‘me', 'we’ An adjective is a describing word, e.g. small, bold, black, heavy. A rhetorical question is a question which does not need an answer, e.g. What time do you call this? Repetition means to repeat a word or phrase, e.g. again, again and again

7. Racial Harmony Speech A man shot down in the street! What has our country come to? What the world needs is racial harmony. I say yes to racial harmony! Don’t you? We must start by spreading the peace in our homes. Wouldn’t you like to live in a calm, safe and secure community? Where children of many cultures can laugh and play. I say yes to racial harmony, and If you have a conscience, then you too would say yes to racial harmony! Stop the hate! Stop the blood! Stop the wars!

8. Racial Harmony Speech A man shot down in the street! What has our country come to? What the world needs is racial harmony. I say yes to racial harmony! Don’t you ? We must start by spreading peace in our homes. Wouldn’t you like to live in a calm , safe and secure community? Where children of many cultures can laugh and play. I say yes to racial harmony and If you have a conscience then you too would say yes to racial harmony! Stop the hate! Stop the blood! Stop the wars!