sg unit persuasive writing - student handbook

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PERSUASIVE

WRITING

PUPIL

HANDBOOK


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Notable quotes about plastic a! cos"etic su#$e#%&

If anybody says their facelift doesn't hurt, they're lying. It was like I'd spent the night

with an axe murderer.

-- Sharon Osbourne

Plasticsurgeryand breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes

them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially,

fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real, being honest.

Kate inslet

I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no funin that.

Scarlett Johansson

I don't have a problem with someone having plastic surgery, but I think it's crazy

for everyone to have the same body.

Eva Green

!he li"es with a broken man

A cracked polystyrene man

ho #ust crumbles and burns.

$e used to do surgery

%or girls in the eightiesBut gra"ity always wins.

From lyrics to Fake Plastic Trees, Radiohead

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So '(% !o people !o it)

Use t(is space to *ot !o' a% $oo! poits "a!e i %ou# $#oup

!iscussios+

W(% s(oul! people NOT (a,e cos"etic su#$e#%)

Use t(is space to *ot !o' a% $oo! poits "a!e i %ou# $#oup

!iscussios+


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W(at !o ot(e# %ou$ people t(i-)

I think plastic surgery is okay, plastic surgery is for burns and scars. Cosmetic

surgery is where people use surgery to improve how they look which I think iswrong.Sarah, 12, Welwyn

It's alright for people who are happy with their looks to judge people who

aren't. I think that if they are really unhappy, people should be allowed to haveplastic surgery. ou could be doing more harm them good if you stop them.Lucy, 14, London

!eople are hypocritical when they say 'don't judge a book by its cover' because

people "# judge people by what they look like. That's why people feel they needto have surgery. They want to be perfect in the eyes of themselves andeverybody else. $ut no one will ever be perfect.Amy, 13, Coventry

I am for people having plastic surgery if they want because some people are

always teased because of their flaws and they literally have no self%confidence.Then they have the surgery and feel good about themselves.Marsa, 14, Croydon

If you want to change then it's ok , but some people go way too far with it %

mostly big celebs.John, 1!, "erry

I think that plastic surgery is a matter of opinion. !ersonally I feel that if you

want it and can afford to have it legally then there is nothing wrong with it. The

media and celebs have a lot of influence on today's teenagers&adults. nd so doT( programmes.Jenn, 13, Lecester

I think that it should be your own choice as to whether you have plastic surgery

or not. !eople have no right to tell you what you should or should not do.#ose, 1!, "dctot

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Can you match the technique to its description and example?

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RHETORICALQUESTION

Saying nice thingsabout the reader to getthem on your side

Weall feel thatSurely youcan see

TRIPLES

OPINION AS FACT

SUPERLATIVE

FLATTERY

PRONOUNS

To present beliefs as ifthey are factual truths

To repeat an idea orimage three times,usually in a slightly

different way

A question designed tomake the reader think;

doesnt need ananswer

The painful scarring isugly and grotesque.

You too can be beautiful.

Why wouldnt you wantto be beautiful?

Isnt there enoughsuffering in the world?

Surgery is costly painfuland dangerous.

!o it well do it fast anddo it now.

EMOTIVELANGUAGE

Ad!ecti"e to imply thehighest or lowest

quality

"n intelligent person li#eyou will realise that

This is the bestschool inthe area.

It is the worstboo# everwritten.

#efers to people toidentify the

reader$writerrelationship

%ords and phrases tomake the reader feel

something

This is an e$cellentschool.

%bviously cos&eticsurgery is unnecessary.

Techni ue Desci!"i#n E$%&!le


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E.PLAIN %ou# i!eas

o t(e topic

E.PAND o t(e #easos

/o# %ou# i!eas

E.E0PLI12 i o#!e# to

bac- up %ou# clai"s

T(e 3EEE4 $#i!W(at questios 'ill I ee! to as- to co"plete t(e $#i!)

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I t(e e5t lesso6 %ou 'ill be $i,e a selectio o/ sou#ces cotaii$

"ate#ial to (elp st#e$t(e %ou pe#suasi,e case+

1i#st o/ all6 t(ou$(6 %ou 'ill ee! to !eci!e '(at i/o#"atio %ou a#eloo-i$ /o#7 I t(e space belo'6 !e,ise so"e questios to (elp /ocus %ou#

#esea#c(+ He#e4s oe e5a"ple to $et %ou sta#te!8

!urgery can go

wrong

atients may end up more unhappy

with their looks than they were before

2ou# questio "i$(t be8

9+ :;a I /i! a case '(e#e t(is actuall% (appee! to so"eoe) Ho' !i!

t(e botc(e! ope#atio a//ect t(e")od's children will beable to sing with new meaning*

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

nd if merica is to be a great nation, this must become true.

nd so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of od's children, black men and white men, 3ews and

>entiles, !rotestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in thewords of the old


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PLANNING 2OUR ESSA2

1i#st o/ all %ou 'ill ee! to !eci!e '(at i!eas %ou a#e $oi$ to

!iscuss i %ou# essa%+ 1#o" %ou# co"plete! $#i!6 c(oose /ou#i!eas /#o" t(e /i#st colu"+ Re"e"be# > %ou 'ill be usi$

t(ese to "a-e a pe#suasi,e case6 so c(oose ca#e/ull%7

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No' t(at %ou -o' '(at %ou 'at to sa%6 %ou (a,e to tell t(e

#ea!e# '(at %ou a#e $oi$ to sa% > use t(e space belo' to '#ite

a !#a/t it#o!uctio to %ou# essa%+ T(e#e 3s "o#e space o,e#

t(e pa$e i/ %ou ee! it+@

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THE RULES

Re"e"be# > /o# t(is essa%6 use /o#"al la$ua$e

t(#ou$(out7

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2ou# it#o!uctio s(oul! i!icate %ou# opiios o t(e

sub*ect %ou a#e '#iti$ about+ It s(oul! cotai a b#ie/

su""a#% o/ t(e i!eas a! opiios %ou a#e $oi$ to'#ite about+

Eac( pa#a$#ap( s(oul! be about a !i//e#et i!ea+ Use

t(e 3t(#ee EEE4s to "a-e su#e %ou !e,elop %ou# poit

'ell+

W(e c(oosi$ '(at o#!e# to put %ou# pa#a$#ap(s i6

t#% to t(i- about '(at 'oul! "a-e t(e best sese+

0a%be %ou# pa#a$#ap(s coul! $et $#a!uall% "o#e

se#ious /o# e5a"ple+

2ou# coclusio is to let %ou su" up all t(e t(i$s %ou

(a,e al#ea!% '#itte+ Also it is %ou# last c(ace to

"a-e a i"pact o t(e #ea!e#7

Use t(e pe#suasi,e tec(iques 'e (a,e al#ea!%

i!eti/ie! to "a-e %ou# essa% e//ecti,e7

All o/ t(is s(oul! ta-e up at least FF 'o#!s6 but "a%

'ell #equi#e "o#e+

Checklist

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Use t(is c(ec-list to (elp %ou !eci!e '(et(e# %ou (a,e !oe

%ou# best i '#iti$ %ou# essa%+

Well 9uite

Well

;oul! (a,e

!oe t(is

bit bette#7

STRU;TURE

Does "% it#o!uctio "etio all

t(e i!eas I (a,e $oe o to "etio

i t(e /ollo'i$ pa#a$#ap(s)

Ha,e I e5plo#e! a !i//e#et i!ea i

eac( pa#a$#ap()

LANGUAGE

Ha,e I "aa$e! to use t(e "ost

suitable la$ua$e /o# t(e essa%) 1o#

e5a"ple6 (a,e I "aa$e! to use

/o#"al i/o#"al la$ua$e as

app#op#iate)@

0EANING

Ha,e I e5plaie! all "% i!eas i a 'a%t(at is eas% to u!e#sta!)

Ha,e I e5plo#e! all t(ese i!eas as

'ell as I ca)

Does "% essa% $i,e a /ull as'e# to

t(e questio o# tas- !esc#iptio)

Last t(i$ > c(ec- %ou# spelli$ a! puctuatio oe "o#e ti"e i caset(e#e a#e a% "ista-es %ou (a,e "isse!+

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