Rhetorical Questions

• We are learning to plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts with correct text structure, tense, language features, vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and images.

Curriculum alignment

• Australian Curriculum 1

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Linked resources & worksheets

• Year: 3 4 5 6
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  Annotated Text Types

  Introducing a comprehensive resource for educators, encompassing annotated texts across various genres such as Information Reports, Procedur...

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• Year: 6
  Worksheet

  Repetition

  This worksheet helps students identify repetition in a passage and use it effectively in their own writing for persuasive impact. Ideal for...

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• Year: 6
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  Powers of Persuasion

  This worksheet guides students in collaborating to plan a persuasive letter to their principal, arguing against the cancellation of recess a...

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• Year: 6
  Worksheet

  Choosing Better Words

  This worksheet helps students improve their persuasive writing by replacing weak language choices with stronger, more effective words and ph...

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• Year: 6
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  Lazy Language

  This worksheet challenges students to elevate the language in advertisements by replacing mundane words with more compelling alternatives, c...

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• Year: 6
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  There is More to Persuasion

  This worksheet allows students to brainstorm where they encounter persuasion in their daily lives, from streaming services to social media....

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• Year: 6
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  Start with Strong Arguments

  This worksheet helps students identify their strongest arguments for and against school uniforms. They will craft well-constructed sentences...

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• Year: 6
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  Take Action

  This worksheet helps students use rhetorical devices to transform statements into persuasive language, encouraging action. Includes suggeste...

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• Year: 6
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  Plan to Persuade

  Collaborative worksheet where students plan a persuasive letter to their principal against cancelling recess and school sports. Students gen...

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• Year: 6
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  Figurative Language

  This worksheet helps students identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in advertisements. Students then create their own...

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• Year: 3 4 5 6 +1
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  Persuasive Texts - #11 Who's Your Target?

  This worksheet is #11 in our series of 23 worksheets which focus on persuasive texts.

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• Year: 3 4 5 6 +1
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  Modality Bingo

  Modality Bingo has been designed as a group game, but you could easily use it to assess student understanding of modal verbs, by taking a ph...

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• Year: 3 4 5 6 +1
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  Modality Desk Mat

  The Modality Desk Mat has been designed to act as a useful reference tool for students creating persuasive texts.

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• Year: 6
  Presentation

  Rhetorical Devices - Presentation

  This visually engaging presentation supports students in using rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs for persuasive effects, targeting...

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• Year: 3 4 5 6 +1
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  Rhetorical Devices Poster Pack

  Enhance your persuasive writing unit with our Rhetoric Devices posters! This set includes clear explanations, examples, and reasons for usin...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Rhetorical Devices - Student Reference Card

  Equip your students with this handy reference card, aiding their understanding of using rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs for pers...

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• Year: 6
  Worksheet

  The Pillars of Persuasion

  This worksheet introduces students to Aristotle's pillars of persuasion: pathos, ethos, and logos. Students will learn about each device and...

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• Year: 6
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  Modal Verbs

  This worksheet guides students through using modal verbs in persuasive writing. They fill in blanks, rewrite sentences incorporating modal v...

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• Year: 6
  Worksheet

  Transform the Text- The Great Barrier Reef

  Transform an informative text about the Great Barrier Reef into a persuasive text using learnt rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes s...

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• Year: 6
  Worksheet

  Transform the Text- Vending Machines

  Transform an informative text about vending machine use into a persuasive text using learned rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes sug...

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• Year: 6
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  Transform the Text- Social Media

  Transform an informative text about social media use into a persuasive text using learned rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes sugges...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Persuade Me

  This engaging, low-prep game allows students to practice oral language skills by selecting topic cards and using rhetorical devices to convi...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Race to Persuade

  A simple game where students move around the board, selecting a topic and rhetorical device to persuade others. Easy to set up and adaptable...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Convince Me!

  This engaging resource comprises a set of scenario cards designed to ignite creativity and persuasive skills in students. Ideal for pairs or...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Rhetorical Devices Quiz

  This quiz is a valuable tool for assessing students' understanding of using rhetorical devices and modal verbs for persuasive effects. With...

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• Year: 6
  Worksheet

  Rhetorical Devices Assessment

  This 2-page assessment task evaluates students' proficiency in employing rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs to achieve persuasive e...

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• Year: 6
  Worksheet

  Rhetorical Devices Marking Rubric

  This comprehensive 5-point assessment rubric is designed to support the unit of work on Rhetorical Devices, focusing on students' ability to...

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