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 * __Writing To Argue, Persuade and Advise (Unit 2)__**

This is one of the writing 'triplets' on which you will be tested in your GCSE exam. It is assessed in Unit 2 (alongside Opening Worlds) - but you also need to be able to identify and describe these devices in the reading tasks in Unit 1.

So, basically, you need to be able to PRODUCE persuasive writing and RECOGNISE it - and, either way, you need to be very familiar with the main persuasive techniques.

These include:
 * Fact (Objective) and Opinion (Subjective)
 * Repetition and the Rule of Three
 * Comparatives, Superlatives and Exaggeration
 * Rhetorical Questions.

Other examples will include:
 * Shocking or Emotive language
 * Figurative language (similes and metaphors)
 * Humorous language
 * Anecdotes

Have a look through the following presentation for further information and activities to test yourself on Writing To Advise:

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This file below gives you tips on the different ways you can be persuasive:


 * __Practice Questions__**

ARGUE, PERSUADE, ADVISE
1. Your local council intends to allow a supermarket chain to build a superstore on a piece of land which has become available. Write an article for your local newspaper in which you try to persuade local people that this is unacceptable.

2. We live on an island surrounded by sea, beaches, harbours and coastal paths. Write a letter to a national newspaper in which you argue that Lottery money should be spent on preserving and improving our coastline.

3. Your school council has decided to raise awareness, both in the school and the community, of the importance of recycling waste. Write the text of a leaflet which is to be widely distributed, persuading people that recycling is a good thing for themselves, the community and the environment.

4. Some young people spend time doing voluntary work. Some do this work in the local communities while other go abroad. Write the text of a leaflet which is intended to persuade young people that voluntary work would be a valuable experience for them and for the community they served.

5. Your Saturday job coincides with the final of a Talent competition you have entered. Write them a letter in which you try to persuade them to let you have the day off.

6. You have been invited to contribute to a radio discussion called Issues for the 21st Century. The topic of your programme is: ‘We should refuse to buy goods from countries where workers are exploited.’ Decide on your point of view, then write out, in full, what you intend to say on the programme.

7. Write a speech to give to a Year 7 assembly in which you try to persuade students not to make the same mistakes you and your peers have made, and to learn from them instead as they progress through the school.

NEW 8. Write a letter to your teacher persuading me to give you lots of extra, private tuition for free, to help you boost your GCSE grade.

NEW 9. Write the text of a leaflet persuading people to give money to a specific charity (of your choice).

NEW 10. Write a speech to give to a Y11 assembly, in which you argue EITHER in favour of OR against the legalisation of guns for the public.