Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.12*
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.12.A*
Identify the author's viewpoint or position and explain the basic relationships among ideas (e.g., parallelism, comparison, causality) in the argument.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.12.B*
Recognize exaggerated, contradictory, or misleading statements in text.
5th Grade Reading - Persuasive Texts Lesson
Persuasive Texts
Persuasive texts are passages that make the reader want to do something. Such texts show what the author thinks about a subject. The author wants the reader to also think the same way about the subject.
In a persuasive text, the author often wants the reader to:
agree with the author. (example, agree that everyone should recycle)
take an action. (example, vote for a person running to be class president)
buy a product. (example, buy a backpack that can be folded)
Following are some examples of arguments in persuasive texts:
Causation — In this argument, the author claims one thing causes another.
Example — Staying up too late makes it difficult for a child to fall asleep.
Parallelism — In this argument, the author claims that one thing is like another.
Example — Just as children cannot guard chocolate bars, I cannot ask you be in charge of the cash register. Giving
Comparison — In this argument, the author claims how two things are similar or different.
Example — Cereal boxes that appear brightly colored appeal more to children.