Use this sorting task during a unit of work on persuasive writing to boost your students' understanding of the different types of persuasive devices. Students are asked to take a card, read the statement and decide which category of persuasive device it belongs to. This task is great practise for learning the 5 persuasive devices - personal pronouns, exaggeration, facts, rhetorical questions and emotive words. You might also like to download our other resources in this topic range, including:

• Persuasive Devices Posters
• Persuasive Devices Cut, Sort and Paste