Teaching persuasive texts: Building a language of evaluation through hedging and moderated intensification

& (2014) Teaching persuasive texts: Building a language of evaluation through hedging and moderated intensification. Literacy Learning: The Middle Years, 22(3), pp. 33-41.

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We identify two persuasive writing techniques – hedging and intensification – that pose difficulty for students in the middle years. We use examples of student writing from 3000 work samples collected as part of a larger Australian Research Council Linkage Project, URLearning (2009–2013). To realise the effective power of rhetorical persuasion, students need to be explicitly taught a range of hedging techniques to use to their advantage, and an expanded lexicon that does not rely on intensifiers. Practical teaching tips are provided for teachers.

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ID Code: 79360
Item Type: Contribution to Journal (Journal Article)
Refereed: Yes
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Dooley, Karenorcid.org/0000-0002-5826-3415
Measurements or Duration: 9 pages
ISSN: 1320-5692
Pure ID: 32735392
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