Toolbox for Persuasive Writing – Using Persuasive Techniques

Persuasive techniques are the primary tools in a student’s persuasive writing toolbox! Take your student’s writing from okay to AMAZING by teaching and practicing using these persuasive techniques in their writing. This visually appealing poster pack will form the perfect classroom display during your persuasive writing units.

With a huge number of examples – this poster pack is perfect for differentiation, if students are only ready for one technique – only show them one. If they are ready for more, you can display more.

What Are Persuasive Techniques?

Persuasive techniques are strengths or methods used to influence and convince an audience to adopt a particular viewpoint, take a specific action, or believe in a certain idea. These techniques are often used in persuasive writing, speeches, advertisements, and other forms of communication.

Examples of Persuasive Techniques

In this poster set for the classroom, the following examples of persuasive techniques are covered:

• Alliteration – the repetition of the same or similar kinds of sounds at the beginning of the words or in stressed syllables.
• Rhetorical questions – are asked just for effect or to emphasise a point. Directly answering the questions is not expected.
• Exaggeration – used when giving information that is inflated or over the top. Exaggerating information can help to emphasise the point being argued.
• Statistics – used to support the argument with real-life figures from relevant studies. They provide convincing evidence.
• Emotive language – used to make the reader feel certain emotions, such as sadness or excitement.
• Modality – used to indicate the degree to which something is certain, possible or improbable.
• Repetition – used when important words or phrases are repeated so that they stick in the reader’s mind.
• Facts – pieces of information that are used to back up an argument.
• Opinion – used to get the writer’s thoughts or feelings about the topic across to the reader.
• Rule of 3 – when 3 adjectives or phrases are used together to draw the reader’s attention.
• Personal pronouns – words such as you, our, we, and us. Personal pronouns make the reader feel like the writer is talking directly to them.

Support Your Students’ Persuasive Writing Today!

Use the download button to download this PDF resource and print on thick card to ensure durability – they can then be used year after year. Alternatively, you might like to print these four to a page and create a flip book for each student in your class. Having this information right there on their desk will only enhance their writing.

More Persuasive Techniques Resources

Looking for some persuasive techniques worksheets that will support your student’s learning? We have you covered:

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