Year 9 - English
Persuasive writing: using credible and effective rhetorical devices
Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read a wide range of non-fiction texts from across history that are centered around the topic of women's rights. They first read a range of texts and identify key themes and techniques within them, before then planning, writing, re-drafting and delivering their own speech.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create credible and effective rhetorical devices.
Key Notes
- Statistics and facts can be used to make your speeches sound authoritative.
- Statistics and facts need to be realistic in order to add credibility to your writing.
- Statistics should not be overused or they risk losing their impact.
- Creating and using experts in your persuasive writing can add interest and help to support your argument.
- Using both direct and indirect quotations can help to develop your argument.
Vocabulary To Learn
- credible: to be believable, trustworthy and reliable
- authoritative: having reliable knowledge or expertise which makes you appear trustworthy and believable
- illustrate: to clarify or support a presented argument
- realistic: accurate and truthful
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When writing persuasively you should use as many rhetorical devices as possible.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Statistics and facts can be used to make your speeches sound authoritative. Statistics and facts need to be realistic in order to add credibility to your writing.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'credible'
to be believable, trustworthy and reliable.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: When writing persuasively you should use as many rhetorical devices as possible. Correction: Whilst using rhetorical devices is a great way to engage your audience, they need to be used sparingly and crafted carefully to ensure they don't lose their impact.
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- Considering alternative perspectives of war in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Considering non-verbal features in presenting a speech Study Guide
- Creating comparative analytical paragraphs Study Guide
- Creating layered language analysis Study Guide
- Developing a viewpoint using structural features Study Guide
- Developing analytical responses Study Guide
- Discussing historical and societal attitudes Study Guide
- Exploring a non-fiction text with multiple perspectives Study Guide
- Exploring autobiographical texts Study Guide
- Exploring historical attitudes and perspectives in non-fiction texts Study Guide
- Exploring historical perspectives of men Study Guide
- Identifying and analysing a writer's perspective Study Guide
- Identifying and exploring complex ideas in a text Study Guide
- Planning an analytical response Study Guide
- Preparing and delivering a powerful speech Study Guide
- Preparing to write a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Re-drafting a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Reading and forming opinions on a 19th century text Study Guide
- Understanding what makes a persuasive speech Study Guide
- Varying sentences and using anecdotes to express a viewpoint Study Guide
- Writing a speech: openings and closings Study Guide
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