2. Assessment
Your are required to:
a) Create a new Australian flag that, in your opinion,
appropriately represents contemporary Australia
b) Write a written persuasive proposal to an Australian
government committee that explains and justifies your
new Australian Flag design.
To justify your design and persuade the committee you
will need to state the reasons for your use of colour,
symbols, shapes and placement.
3. Proposals in a Nutshell
● Proposals convince readers that a plan of action is plausible
and that the writer is qualified to accomplish it. In short, they
spell out—
What you intend to do
(Create a new national Australian flag)
How you intend to do it
(Change the symbols, colours, shapes and placement)
Why you attend to do it
(To create a design, which reflects a contemporary
Australian identity)
In order to do this successfully,
you need to write persuasively.
4. Definition: persuasive writing…
Seeks to convince its readers to
embrace the point-of-view presented
by appealing to the audiences reason
and understanding through
argument and/or entreaty.
5. Persuasive Language Devices
Refuting opposing views on a topic
Rhetorical questions
Rhetorical statements
Repetition
Use of modality
Persuasive and/or evaluative adjectives
and noun groups
Persuasive and/or evaluative adverbs
and verb groups
Metaphors
6. Persuasive Words
- Include these words in your writing.
Clearly, obviously, certainly
Very, absolutely, utterly,
Completely, perfectly
7. Active vs.
Passive Voice
Example:
“The defendant’s embezzlement of company
funds in 2005 is an example of his untrustworthiness.”
“The defendant embezzled funds from the
company in 2005; this act shows that he cannot be
trusted.”
YOU NEED TO USE AN ACTIVE VOICE!!!
8. Is my argument clear and
organized?
Is the structure logical (e.g. does it contain
statements of the current position, the
problem, the possibilities, and the proposal
being made)?
Isthere strong coherence and transition
between paragraphs (e.g. appropriate use of
repetition, reference words and connectives)?
9. Does each paragraph have a clear,
specific purpose and focus?
Is
there evidence of organization into
headings?
Is
there a logical and sequenced flow of
argument?
PROOF READ AND EDIT YOUR WORK!
10. Also ask yourself…
Am I using persuasive language and
techniques in my writing?
Is my style and tone appropriate?
Ismy vocabulary and grammar accurate
and fluent?
