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Persuasive Writing Tools
Section Six — Arguing and Analysing

To get an A grade your essay really has to be persuasive — here are four more handy tips to help you.

Keep Your Writing Polite and Non-aggressive

1) Being polite is very important when you're writing about people with the opposite opinion to yours.

2) You should criticise their opinions only. Don't criticise them personally — you'll lose marks for being rude.

3) If it sounds like a personal attack it will make you sound angry, and it won't help you persuade anyone.

Make Your Positive Points Personal

Use Rhetorical Questions To Make Your Points

Keep Your Writing Punchy with Magic Threes

Can I write rhetorical questions?

What a fantastic page. Four ways of making your writing really punchy. And on top of that, anyone reading it will be convinced that what you're saying is completely true.