WRITING WITH PERSUASIVE VOICEFrom Houghton Mifflin Text page 438

WHAT DOES PERSUASIVE MEAN?WHAT DOES PERSUASIVE MEAN?

Persuasive: In a way that wins over to a belief or to a course of action by argument or earnest request

In your persuasive writing, you want to win over your audience!

Let’s find out how!

Weak Voice Strong Voice

If we had a pet show, we could see each other’s pets. It would be interesting to see them.

If we had a pet show, we could all show off our pets. Wouldn’t you like to see Jack’s cat or Ana’s lizard? I certainly would!

LET YOUR AUDIENCE HEAR YOUR LET YOUR AUDIENCE HEAR YOUR VOICEVOICE Show that you care about your goal. This will

make your writing more persuasive:

What is the author trying to persuade his/her audience to do?

How does the example of the strong voice persuade better?

BE POSITIVE!BE POSITIVE! Being positive means thinking more about what is good

than what is bad. In your writing, point out the good results your goal will bring. Don’t sound angry or whiny.

What is the author trying to persuade in these examples?

Which sounds better? Why?

Angry Voice Positive Voice

If I can’t go to Grandma’s, I’ll have a terrible summer. There’s nothing to do here. I’ll just be bored.

If I could spend the summer with Grandma, I would have an amazing summer packed with tons of things to do! We would go to great parks and museums. I would certainly have fun and learn a lot too!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES BELOW.BELOW. The decorations for the fair are bad.

Let’s work together to jazz up the decorations in our classroom for the art fair.

What is the topic of the examples?Which example persuades better?What makes it better?

TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES BELOW.BELOW. The skateboarding rules in the park are dumb.

It’s definitely time to revise the skateboarding rules in the park so that skateboarders can be treated fairly.

What is the topic of the examples?Which example persuades better?What makes it better?

BORING! THE PERSUASIVE ESSAY BORING! THE PERSUASIVE ESSAY BELOW SOUNDS FLAT AND DULL. BELOW SOUNDS FLAT AND DULL. REWRITE IT, ADDING YOUR OWN REWRITE IT, ADDING YOUR OWN VOICE. BE SURE TO SHOW HOW YOU VOICE. BE SURE TO SHOW HOW YOU FEEL IN A POSITIVE WAY.FEEL IN A POSITIVE WAY.

I should be allowed to stay up until 1:00 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. I want to watch television and see the ball drop at Times Square at midnight. It’s not fair that I have to go to bed at 10:00. I’ll feel sad when all my friends get to stay up and I don’t.Remember to use persuasive words and

phrases.