No. 761Ages 11 to 14
Rhetorical Devices
The three appeals at the heart of persuasion, ethos, pathos and logos, with Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle and quotes to sort.
No. 762Ages 11 to 14
Audience and Purpose
Who you write for and why, with formal and informal register side by side and extracts to match to their reader.
No. 763Ages 11 to 14
The Rule of Three
Why ideas grouped in threes stick, with famous tricolons from Shakespeare to Lincoln and sentences to unpick.
No. 764Ages 11 to 14
Rhetorical Questions
The question asked for effect, not for an answer, with sentence starters and statements to rework into questions.
No. 765Ages 11 to 14
Emotive Language
Word choices that stir feeling, neutral against emotive, a vocabulary bank and lines to mine for powerful words.
No. 766Ages 11 to 14
Fact, Statistic or Opinion?
Telling proof from belief, with clear definitions, a colour-coded example and statements to classify.
No. 767Ages 11 to 14
Direct Address
Speaking straight to the reader with you, we and us, with the pronouns explained and lines to hunt through.
No. 768Ages 11 to 14
Structuring a Speech
The shape of a winning speech, hook to call to action, with discourse markers and parts to put in order.
No. 769Ages 11 to 14
Persuasive Letter Layout
A labelled formal letter with all eight parts, plus the UK rule for Yours faithfully against Yours sincerely.
Type or write inNo. 770Ages 11 to 14
Write a Persuasive Speech
A ready-to-fill planner that walks you from line of argument to call to action, with a devices checklist to tick off.