CCEA Persuasive Writing

CCEA Persuasive Writing is part of the GCSE Unit 1 exam paper. It contains one big writing task: Persuasive Writing. The task is actually called Writing for Purpose and Audience, but generally speaking, the skills of writing to persuade are being assessed. The links below contain much more information, including resources, teaching guides, example tasks, FAQs and student guides.

The articles below are designed specifically to support teachers and students of this CCEA GCSE English Language Unit 1 Task A examination paper. However, they will be useful for any higher ability Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4 English class. Click here for past paper questions on the CCEA website for this particular exam.

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Persuasive Writing Guide for GCSE

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Persuasive Writing Top Tips:

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Persuasive writing tips: use credible sources — Use credible sources

Persuasive writing tips: hook 'em early — Hook 'em early

Persuasive writing tips: power of emotion — Power of emotion

Persuasive writing tips: call to action — Call to action

Persuasive writing tips: balance different types of arguments — Balance types of arguments

Persuasive writing tips: address counter arguments — Address counterarguments

Persuasive writing tips: know your audience — Repetition for emphasis

Persuasive writing tips: appealing vocabulary — Appealing vocabulary

Persuasive writing tips: short sentences, big impact — Short sentences, big impact

Persuasive writing tips: rhetorical devices — Rhetorical devices

Persuasive writing tips: powerful conclusion — Powerful conclusions

Persuasive writing tips: varied sentence structure — Varied sentence structure

Persuasive writing tips: ethical appeals — Ethical appeals

Persuasive writing tips: personal pronouns — Personal pronouns

Persuasive writing tips: tone matters — Tone matters

Persuasive writing tips: revise and edit — Revise and edit

Persuasive writing tips: appeal to values — Appeal to values

Persuasive writing tips: practise persuasion — Practise persuasion

Printable Starter Activities

Manipulating the Stats

Would You Rather ...?

Famous Brand Slogans

Lesson Activities

Adding Devices (worksheet)

This free printable supports KS3 and lower ability GCSE students to improve their sentences by adding devices.

Persuasive Speech (bookmark)

This persuasive writing guide is set out with visuals to support all learners. The steps to follow from start to finish are set out in numbered steps with instructions. When printed, you can fold over and stick together to use as a bookmark, or even laminate it for students to use in school or at home.

Tracking your students' progress

Teachers of CCEA’s GCSE English Language course may find this tracking spreadsheet useful in monitoring progress and predicting grades. The spreadsheet has all of the formulas built in to calculate rank order for speaking and listening, approximate UMS scores from raw, and final predicted grades.

If you are interested in another type of writing, check out the Personal Writing section:

Check out the Personal Writing section of the website for more useful information, study guides, printables and more. These resources are perfect for CCEA GCSE English Language students and teachers.