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Vincent’s High School of

Bonifacio, Mis. Occ., Inc.
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Celebrating Diversity
through
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World Literature

English 10
Learner’s Material
(Quarter 1, Week 1, Module 1)
 PREFACE
Dear Learner,
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MODULE 1
 What I Know: PRE-TEST

General Directions: Read each item carefully and follow directions. Write the letter of the
most appropriate answer on a short bondpaper.

Part 1. Knowledge

A. Special Terms

Directions: Match each term in column B with the most appropriate description in column
A.
A B

___4. argument A. what needs to be proven by facts

___5. controlling idea B. central idea of a work of literature
___6. mood C. the feeling created in a reader by a
literary
work
___7. opinion D. a core idea or focus of a written work
___8. tone E. contains the body of evidence used
to
___9. theme support a point of view
F. refers to the attitude of the writer towards his
subject
B. Grammar
Modals. Directions: Choose from the pool of answers the writer’s/speaker’s intention as
hinted by each underlined expression. Write the letter of the correct answer after
the sentence.
A. ability B. obligation C. probability D.
willingness
10. It’s true that sorrows in life may bring despair.
11. We must find courage even in the small things that we do.
12. We will endure even the greatest sufferings that will come our way.
13. Ordinary trials can be turned into extraordinary moments.
C. Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns
Directions: Determine whether each underlined word is used as an intensive or reflexive
pronoun. Write In for intensive pronoun and Re for reflexive pronoun after the
sentence.
14. You can see yourself more clearly.
15. Judge how much you know about yourself.
16. Life itself offers you many opportunities.
Part II. Process
Logical Organization.
Directions: Arrange the following sentences logically to form a coherent paragraph.

__17. A. Let’s ask help from other students to repair the existing damage.
__18. B. Finally, encourage all to maintain cleanliness and beauty of our
surrounding.
__19. C. We can restore the beauty of this wall.
__20. D. First, let’s raise funds for the repair.

Module 1 LESSON 1
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Identifying Features of Persuasive Texts

What I Need to Know

Eckhart Tolle once said, “When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with
yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. I am that is deeper
than your name and form.”

In your previous journeys, you have been provided with a lot of opportunities to explore and
improve yourself. Now that you are in the final stage of your junior high school years, what this
lesson promises is to teach you how to increase your effectiveness in responding to problems
which challenge your innermost sense of self, your “I am that is deeper than your name and
form.”

In this course of your journey in this lesson, you are expected to:
 Use the features of Persuasive Texts in a creative way.
 Report observation in some instances of Persuasive Speech in watching a TV.
 Discuss the strategies of persuasion commonly used in media.
 Writing short Persuasive Texts based on the given situations.

What’s In
Hello learners! This time you will learn a new lesson which will give you an idea on
what are the persuasive Texts. Before we will proceed deeper to understand clearly what
this topic is all about let us refresh our background knowledge.

Priam used persuasion to move Achilles to release Hector’s body to him and allow
him to bring it home.

“Persuasion” is an act or process of convincing another person to do something on

your favor:

You will recognize persuasive texts with these features:

1. Use of repeated words

2. Use of capital letters
3. Use of exclamation points
4. Asking rhetorical questions (questions that need not be answered but asked for
effect)
5. Touch humor
Study this example:
SALE Grab the SPECIAL OFFER today! Would you want to miss this special offer? CALL NOW!

Which of the listed features above were used in this example?

Other writers make use of other features:

1. Alliteration or the use of recurring similar constant sounds.

Example:
We hail for happiness, health, and hope!
2. Metaphor or the use of description of one using the description of another.
Example:
Would you let your website be a bland dish? Let us spice it up for you!

3. Languageaffect or the use of words that convey distinct emotion.

Example:

Where is your sense of fairness, justice, patriotism?

4. Parallelism or the use of similar words, phrases, or clauses placed next to each

other.

Example:

The clean is getting cleaner and the messy is getting messier.

5. Contrast or pointing out the difference between two things.

Example:

This story is about a prince and a pauper.

What Is It Discussion

A persuasive text is any text where the main purpose is to present a point of view and
seeks to persuade a reader. A persuasive text can be an argument, exposition, discussion,
review or even an advertisement.

FEATURES OF PERSUASIVE TEXTS

1. Present Tense
-consider the singular and plural form of the verb.
 2. Connective and Conjunctions
- to connect ideas.
3. Powerful Verb
-use action words in an active voice.
4. Single Exclamation Marks
-decide one only.
5. Strong Adjectives
- colorful and imaginative descriptive words.
6. Emotive Words
- words which can touch emotions.
7. Paragraphs
-one paragraph in one idea.
8. Repeated Words
- for words to emphasize.
9. Rhetorical Questions
- question to be posed as a guide in discussing ideas.
10. Exaggeration
- may use hyperbole for an important idea to emphasize.
11. Facts and Statistics
- are pieces of information, data, facts, figures as evidences to support.
12. Personal Pronouns
- be consistent of the first, second, and third person used.

Example of Persuasive Text

Persuasive Text
 What’s More
Activity 1

Directions: Persuasive writing is usually used in advertisement and marketing. Scan a newspaper article
and note the different strategies of persuasion. Write your observation in a short bond paper.

Activity 2

Directions: Watch TV and look for instances of persuasive speech. Observe the features of the
persuasive speech and write your own persuasive essay in a short bond paper.

What I Have Learned

Activity 3

Directions: Study the strategies of persuasion commonly used in media. Answer the following questions:

1. Why do you think these are the strategies that they used?
2. Do you think that these are affective?
3. Why do you say so?

Activity 4

Directions: Analyze each persuasive statement below and identify its purpose.
Choose your answer from the box and write it on the space provided before each
number.

Create interest Support a cause Stir up sympathy

Urge people to action Get people to agree with you Prove something wrong

_______________1. Please join the run for a cause so we can help the cancer patients.

_______________2. If you don’t adopt the dog, it might be killed on the street.

_______________3. Don’t throw your garbage anywhere.

_______________4. Choosing friends wisely makes you happy.

_______________5. I’m sure that you won’t disagree if I would say that cats are better pets than
dogs.
 Assessment:
I.Directions: Write a short persuasive texts based on the following situations given. Use many
strategies for persuasion as possible. Write it a short bondpaper.

1. Your club is sponsoring an exhibit. Write a letter addressed to the parents

promoting the exhibit. Persuade them to come and participate.

2. Write a proposal ton your classroom adviser. Persuade him/her to allow the class an adventure-
based field trip.
II. Directions: Read the each question carefully and encircle the letter of
thecorrect answer and write it in a short bond paper.

1. What is the main intention of the author when writing a persuasive paper?
A. to convince the reader to write their counter-argument
B. to raise awareness about issues in the world
C. to convince the reader to agree with the author about an issue through the
use of facts
D. to encourage the reader to have the same opinion with the author about an
issue through fictional facts

2. Which of the following sentences best explains persuasive writing?

A. It is a non-fiction writing used to convince the reader to agree with the
author about an issue.
B. It is a fictional writing used to convince the reader to agree with the author
about an issue or topic.
C. It is used strictly for commercial scripts to convince the audience to buy a
company’s product.
D. Persuasive writing is used to inform the reader about an issue and will
provide no facts favoring either side.

3. How does the author share his/her opinion about an issue through persuasive
writing?
A. Share his/her personal opinion.
B. Support his/her opinion through the uses.
C. Create fictional information to trick the reader.
D. Share the opinions of others that are similar to his/hers.

4. The following are things you need to remember in persuasive writing EXCEPT:
A. plan your writing before you begin
B. check your spelling and punctuation
C. the length of your persuasive essay
D. check and edit your writing when you are finished

5. The primary purpose of a document that is written to convince readers to

changetheir opinions is to
A. answer a question
B. build goodwill
C. persuade
D. inform

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