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0:00 persuasive texts are made up of a title an introduction body paragraphs and a conclusion in this video we will look at how to
0:10 structure and write a persuasive body paragraph let's begin by choosing a topic my persuasive paragraph is going to
0:20 argue that more sport is needed in schools you can follow along with this topic or choose your own when we write a body paragraph we must
0:31 begin with a topic sentence a topic sentence is an overview or summary of what the paragraph is about now while my whole persuasive text will
0:42 be arguing for more sport in school each body paragraph must focus on a specific reason that I believe schools need more sport
0:51 here are some reasons I've come up with to support my argument I'm going to choose this reason for my first body paragraph
1:01 now that I know the focus of my paragraph I can write my topic sentence remembering that a topic sentence should provide an overview of what the
1:12 paragraph will be about which of these sentences would make a good topic sentence pause here while you decide these two won't make good topic
1:23 sentences for this paragraph this paragraph is about sport helping to develop teamwork skills effective communication and supporting
1:32 one another are only part of teamwork these two sentences are too narrow to be our topic sentence
1:42 this topic sentence is too broad it doesn't mention our Focus teamwork this topic sentence will work well it makes clear to the reader what this
1:54 paragraph will be about now we have a topic sentence to begin our paragraph
2:03 next we need to include details evidence and examples that support the main idea of the paragraph that sport helps students develop teamwork skills
2:14 think of the rest of the paragraph As the proof for your opinion now while we're writing a persuasive paragraph it's important to remember the purpose
2:24 of the text is to convince people of our point of view for this reason we should be using persuasive devices
2:33 here's a list we can use as a reference for our lessons focused on persuasive devices see the two links in the video description
2:42 here are some notes of details evidence and examples I've come up with to support my opinion notice I've planned to use some
2:52 persuasive techniques I've used adverbs quickly efficiently actively adjectives strong and clear
3:03 and a modal verb will help now it's important to organize these ideas in a logical order I think that these two ideas go well
3:13 together because listening and giving instructions is part of communicating I'll put this first and this second I've researched and found a study that
3:26 provides evidence that sport helps communication skills so that might go well next that means this sentence can go last
3:37 now I'll turn my notes into sentences and put everything together here's my paragraph so far
3:45 the last sentence of the paragraph is usually a concluding sentence that sums up the idea of the paragraph and links it to the main idea of the text
3:56 and more time for Sports in school is needed I think this sentence will work well for that purpose it doesn't introduce any
4:05 new ideas but it summarizes and links you might have noticed I've used another couple of persuasive devices in the
4:15 paragraph here I've used alliteration perfect platform here I've used emotive language
4:25 one last thing to point out is the importance of conjunctions or connectives conjunctions can be used to introduce
4:32 reasons to add more information and to show cause and effect in this paragraph I've used the conjunction furthermore to add more
4:44 information about the benefits of sport I might be able to use a conjunction to begin my next paragraph for example I could write another key
4:54 benefit of sports or secondly sport offers students now it's your turn have a go at writing a body paragraph using one of these
5:07 topics or one of your own remember whichever topic you choose make a list of reasons and form your paragraph around one of those
5:16 don't forget to use persuasive devices and conjunctions if you'd like share your writing in the comments
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