Encourage young learners to identify persuasive writing techniques in a text with this resource, which includes two multiple-choice worksheets with advertisements for students to analyze.

Concepts

advertising, informational texts, persuasion, persuasive arguments, persuasive language, persuasive techniques, persuasive text

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

english language arts

Show More Show Less

Instructional Ideas

• Have students find real-world examples of advertising copy that you can look at together as a class
• This would serve as an excellent supplement to a lesson on fact versus opinion or editorial and persuasive writing

Pros

• Detailed explanations provided in answer key
• Well-designed worksheets

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.4.5 RI.4.8 RI.5.1 RI.5.2 RI.5.5 RI.5.8