Unit Award Scheme

70845 PERSUASIVE WRITING

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have		Evidence needed
demonstrated the ability to
1	read at least three forms of persuasive writing eg a letter, a commentary, headline, advert, leaflet	Summary sheet
2	identify and distinguish between fact and opinion in at two texts	Student completed work
3	identify at least two persuasive devices in a text, eg rhetorical questions, deliberate ambiguities, condescension, concession	Student completed work
4	construct an argument in note form to persuade others of a point of view	Student completed work
5	construct an argument in full text, eg a leaflet, letter, commentary, newspaper report, flier, on an issue which sets out and justifies a points of view, using at least two persuasive devices.	Student completed work

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 11 August 2004Level - Entry Level