Persuasive Text
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the purpose of a persuasive text?
To entertain the reader.
To explain how something works.
To convince readers to think, do or buy something.
To give the reader a good time.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you are trying to persuade someone, you are making a _______________ for / against something.
Assessment
Argument
Augmentation
Aragram
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A persuasive text could... (check all that apply)
Try to get people to support your cause.
Urge people to action.
Get people to make a change.
Prove something wrong.
Answer explanation
Yes...all of them. Persuasive text can convince people to do many things!
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What would be a good way to "hook" the reader in a persuasive text?
Ask them a rhetorical question.
Yell at them.
Start talking immediately about your opinion.
Ignore the audience and just say whatever.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an "anecdote"?
Stuff you take when you get bitten by a snake.
A sort of cow.
A tropical storm.
A short story to illustrate a point.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Bias is ...
A washing machine.
Facts.
The point of view someone has for something, vs. something else.
Tacos.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Writers support their opinions with... (check all that apply).
Facts
Statistics
Anecdotes
Tacos
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
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