YEAR NINE.

Persuasive speech
writing.
Social issues, introductions, body paragraphs and conclusions.
SOCIAL ISSUES:
What are they?
Social issues occur in every culture. They are issues that have been recognised by society as a problem that
prevents that society from functioning at the best level possible.

Social Issues.
 Video games make the Attitudes
people who play them towards guns
violent. worldwide
need to
change.

School causes Social media

unnecessary stress promotes
Social Issues
and anxiety in unattainable
adolescents. beauty
standards..

Single use
plastic is Social media is
destroying the making people
environment. antisocial.
INTRODUCTIONS:
How to write them.
The introduction of a persuasive speech should grab the attention of your audience
immediately. Try adding:
- An anecdote;
- A powerful quote;
- A rhetorical question;
- An alarming or interesting fact or statistic.

THEN introduce your thesis statement.

- a thesis statement focuses your ideas into one or two sentences.

Add in a CREDIBLE statistic or fact that affirms your argument.

Conclude your introduction by noting the points you will use to make your argument.
BODY
PARAGRAPHS:
How to write them.

Each paragraph should focus on ONE argument.

Begin with a clear TOPIC SENTENCE that introduces your argument.

Start with your strongest argument and work your way down to your weakest
argument.
- Make sure your argument's 'weak' point still helps you persuade your audience.

Make your evidence CLEAR and PRECISE.

BODY
PARAGRAPHS:
REMEMBER TEEL.
Topic sentence:
- It is important to have a clear understanding of your topic.
- A clear understanding of your topic makes your argument easier to follow.
- Example: poverty can lead to people suffering from malnutrition, which is caused by lack of
access to food that sustains life.

Evidence or example:
- Remember you are trying to prove a point!
- Use facts that are interesting and will catch your audience's attention.
- Example: 170 million children across the world are affected by malnutrition every year. In
addition, 56% of deaths in children in Third World countries are attributed to lack of access to
food.
BODY
PARAGRAPHS:
REMEMBER TEEL.
Evaluation or explanation:
- You need to sum up your arguments or facts, using appropriate wording for example: therefore,
consequently, this means that..., hence, or thus.
- Example: This means that over half of the suffering of children in countries such as Africa is due to
not having enough to eat.

Links:
- At the end of your writing you need to link all of your work.
- Make sure it all makes sense and make sure that you haven't added anything that DOES NOT
contribute to your argument.
- What you have just written should link to the argument in your next topic/paragraph. It should also
refer back to you main argument.
- Example: This is not the only problem affecting poverty at the moment, pollution that leads to the
spreading of diseases is also something that needs to be addressed.
CONCLUSIONS:
How to write them.

- Now is your opportunity to summarise the main points of your argument.

- Paraphrase the key themes and arguments you have just presented rather than just
repeating your main points word for word.

- DO NOT ADD ANY NEW ARGUMENTS OR SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE!

- Your persuasive speech conclusion should give your audience a solution that they
can be a part of. REMEMBER your final words are all that your audience will be left
with.

- Use words like finally, thus, in summary, given these points, as has been noted,
altogether, overall or ultimately.