tries to convince the reader of something using strong reasoning to support

a main idea or opinion that is justified with one reason

giving reasons to help someone understand an opinion

will briefly recap the main point of an argument

Planning the second argument of a persuasive letter about school uniform

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In 'School Uniform: Persuasive Letter Writing', pupils develop their understanding of persuasive devices and how to apply these to a real-life context. In 'Front Desk: Persuasive Letter Writing', pupils will further develop their understanding of how to use persuasive devices and apply these to the context of a realistic fiction text.

In 'Introduction to Debate', pupils will begin to learn about persuasive devices and how to use these in spoken language. In 'School Uniform: Persuasive Letter Writing', pupils will develop this understanding and apply it to written context.

School uniform: persuasive letter writing

Order these parts of the PEPS structure. 

How many times will you follow the PEPS structure in a persuasive letter?

True or false? Your second argument should repeat the point of the first argument. 

Which of these are most likely to be found in the explaantion part of the PEPS structrure?

Which part of the PEPS structure takes a longer piece of text and condenses it down?

True or false? A written argument should try to convince the reader of something using no evidence or reasoning. 

What does the 'E' stand for in the PEPS structure?

What does the 'S' stand for in the PEPS structure?

Fill in the blank. A formal fronted adverbial is a sentence starter followed by a __________ that is formal in tone and often found in non-fiction texts. 

Which of these is a fronted adverbial of cause? 

True or false? An effect happens because of another event or action.

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