Task 3: Due Friday 11th December

Persuasive Technique

Your task is to create a definition glossary of all the persuasive techniques you could use in writing. 

You need to complete this task on a sheet that can be stuck into your green books. 

For each technique I expect to see: 

• Three different examples of these techniques. 
• A definition of what each techniques is.
• An explanation of the effect these techniques have on the reader/listener.

Task 2: Due Friday 20th November

The Power of Speech

Research a famous speech given by someone. 

Print the speech off and annotate it for the following techniques:

• Personal Pronouns
• Emotive Language / Powerful adjectives
• Alliteration / Anecdotes
• Rhetorical Questions
• List of Three / Facts and Figures
• Simile / Metaphor 

Write a 100 word summary explaining what the speech is about, its message and how the speaker wants thee audience to feel. 

Task 1: Due Friday 13th November

The Power of Social Media

Research and find out information on social media. 

Consider these points when researching:

• When did social media first start being used?
• What was the original intention of social media? 
• How many people use social media?
• Why is social media so popular?
• What different forms of social media exist?
• What are some of the dangers of social media?
• How did people cope in a world before social media?

Written task:

• You are to write a speech putting forward two different sides to an argument. 

1. Life is better as a result of social media. 
2. Life is worse as a result of social media. 

Success criteria of features to include when writing your speech:

• 1st person perspective. 
• Direct speech.
• Rhetorical questions. 
• Lists of three. 
• Repetition. 
• Superlatives. 
• Facts, figures and statistics. 
• Similes and Metaphors.