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Writing a Persuasive Letter

Prewriting Planning Your Letter

Select a Topic 🟪 When you decide to write a persuasive letter, you will probably have a topic or issue in mind. It will most likely be an issue that you have a strong opinion about.

Topic: If you need to choose a topic, you will want to focus on a specific issue or problem—one that is important to you and those around you.

• We need to work together to clean up the School Forest.

• Our school should allow us to take more field trips.

• We should choose a mascot for our school.

Audience: Once you’ve chosen a specific problem or issue to write about, you need to decide who will read your letter. You need to choose a person or group who can help solve the problem.

• Other students in your school and their families

• The school principal or school board

• A teacher or member of the community

• A parent or a parent group