Cayman Islands Writing Exemplar

       AF2: 

Organisation

 – Produce texts which are appropriate to task, reader, and purpose

•  The purpose and audience are identified; however, the reasons given do not yet appeal to the audience’s 

 

emotions and/or values.  

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Persuasive letters don’t typically require a title and therefore this is not an expectation for this piece. The  

author does include a salutation and a closing.  A date is not provided, which is an expectation. 

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The author uses some developmentally appropriate persuasive devices, including rhetorical questions  

(e.g., “Don’t you think I deserve a pet?”), and is beginning to use some pleading (e.g., “Please”) and  

exaggeration (e.g., “Beautiful puppy”).