Think of synonyms for persuasion

Synonyms for persuasion

convincing urgingInfluencing temptingInducing enticing

Think of the mind and people’s feelings:

Think of the mind and people’s feelings

How are 6th grader’s feeling?

What are they thinking?

-They are caring-need reassurance-feel intimidated

Want:To be treated well, enjoyment, a good feeling inside

Title?How can you make it attractive?It must convey a message (6th graders about coming to Bach) The text must appeal to the mind and the feelings.What strategies will you use to convince the 6th graders to come to Bach?

What strategies will you use to convince the 6th graders to come to Bach?

LANGUAGE?

Sell Bach to them!BOLD opening Use mainly the present tenseWrite in the second person - address your

audience directly Language that appeals to emotions,

emotive wordsGeneralisationExaggerationevidenceRepetition of words or ideas Give commands

Use personal anecdotes after the facts and evidence

Rhetorical questions to engage audience Try to make opinions sound like facts Dare the reader to disagree Use powerful verbs and strong adjectives Use emphasizing and cause and effect

connectives You might refer to a different opinion, but then

criticise it or prove that it is wrong, and that your position is the

right one. Sound as though you really believe in what you are

saying – is it a matter of life or death? Finish with an instruction: TELL THEM!

How to structure it?

PERSUASIVE TEXT (BACH)

(THINK OF A TITLE WHICH WILL BE ENTICING)

Opening statement: BOLD opening. Open with a statement of the issue being addressed!

State you position on the issue (1 paragraph)

Main body of text contains the arguments that are elaborated with reason and evidence (facts) (2 paragraphs)

End with a summary. (1 paragraph)