Quarter 3 – Lesson 2:

Using a Variety of
Informative,
Persuasive, and
Argumentative
Writing Techniques
 In your previous lessons, you
have been provided with many
opportunities to improve
yourself using a variety of
writing techniques. I know you
were able to write and use these
techniques already from your
previous lessons. But this time,
let us enhance your writing skills
by using this variety of
techniques. Are you guys ready?
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OBJECTIVE/S:
In this lesson, you will
accomplish a series of writing
exercises to enhance your writing
skills. After going through this, you
are expected to:

1. Differentiate Informative,
Persuasive and Argumentative
Writing Techniques
 The idea of school uniforms seems like an
outmoded concept for many students in the
Philippines especially to those who studied in public
schools. Yet, around the world, wearing school
uniforms has been the rule. Students studying
whether in private or public schools are required to
wear school uniforms.
Often, the cause of bullying in schools are
from people being different for not wearing the
precise clothes. If someone looks richer, most people
feel like they have a higher social status or more
power. To the contrary, uniforms allow students to
learn on a fairer level, with less judgment about
choices of clothing, brands, or physical appearance.
A lot of students who wear school uniforms
claimed that they feel prouder of their school. Wearing
school colors gives students a feeling of being more
connected to their school and classmates or even in
 The coronavirus disease (COVID-
19) is an infectious disease caused by
a new strain of coronavirus. This new
virus and disease were unknown
before the outbreak began in Wuhan,
China, in December 2019.
On 30 January 2020, the
Philippine Department of Health
reported the first case of COVID-19 in
the country with a 38-year-old female
Chinese national. On 7 March, the first
local transmission of COVID-19 was
confirmed. WHO is working closely
 Education is the key to success as an old adage
goes. A good education can teach a child how to learn
and to have an independent learning. It may also teach
a child how to reason so that a child does not grow up to
be ignorant.
There are a lot of reasons why education is
important in our society today. One of these is it helps
people how to learn. It is not how the child accumulate
knowledge either in the school or at home but how the
child is taught to learn things differently. If the child has
been taught how to learn, then he will bring such
learning until he becomes an adult. Such learning will
teach him to succeed in the future.
If education is not seen as important, then one
day it will just be all about school scores and will be just
a part of the curriculum. Without education, learning is
hard to achieve
1. What can you say about the texts that you have just
read?
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2. What writing technique used from each of the given
texts?
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3. How do these various writing techniques help you in
your
writing?
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 Informative Speech Persuasive Speech Argumentative
Guidelines Guidelines Speech Guideline

 Explain any unusual Know your  Include enough

terms or details to support
ideas. audience.
your position,
however,select only
 Relate the subject  Keep your thoughts the relevant facts.
directly to the specific
purpose. organized and always
return to your main  Restate your
 It should be point. This will allow position.
conversational in
tone and easy to the audience to  Do not introduce
understand. better understand new
why material in
 Use specific descriptive
is this your position. conclusion.
language and by
comparisons and contrasts
with concrete terms.  You may conclude
by encouraging some
 Use creative thinking to specific call to action
make
 Now that you have finished
reading the guidelines. Use
the given tips as your guide
in writing. This time, write a
short speech about an
informative speech and
persuasive speech.
I-Informative Speech Writing
Speech intended to inform and share new
ideas and build perceptions about “Tree Planting.”
Give the importance of your topic to the audience.
This speech aims to give the audience a new
understanding or new appreciation of some
subject with which you might be familiar.

II-Persuasive Speech Writing

Speech is written to convince the listeners
about the validity of the speaker’s argument
about “Why more people Connect More with
Nature.” It might involve convincing some to
change their opinion or at the very least take into
account some ideas that have not been considered
Performance Task:

Speech Choir or verse choir brings out the

beauty of harmony and unison, hence providing
speakers and listeners alike with an experience
that is both exciting and intense in the
interpretation of a literary piece.

Mechanics:

1. Speech choirs shall be comprised of twelve (12)

to twenty-five (25) class members.
2. be recited with vocal and other effects in five
(5) to seven (7) minutes.
3.Members of the choirs shall wear and use
costumes, props, and others whenever
appropriate to improve the choral interpretation
1.Overall Interpretation (40%). The speech choir
invokes thoughts and feelings and initiates a shared
experience with the audience through superior
dynamics, unique techniques, and expressive
interpretations of the lines.

2.Mastery and Delivery (40%). The speech choir

demonstrates mastery of the piece by maintaining
vocal unison, stage poise, eye contact, and other
verbal and nonverbal effects.

3.Costume and Props (20%). The speech choir wears

costumes and uses props indispensable in the
interpretation of the piece and shared experience
between the choir and the audience.
Read the following
descriptions of each
writing technique
carefully. These are
very important in your
writing.
 Informative writing is quite
similar to persuasive writing, which is
largely based on facts and statistics. But
informative writing structure differs
from persuasive writing in some
fundamental points. Whereas persuasive
writing tends to distort facts,
informative writing examples are proof
WHAT IS INFORMATIVE that it strictly adheres to the facts
WRITING ?
available. Persuasive writing often
presents the article or essays to the
readers in an opinionated way. But
informative writing structure is such
that it presents opinion in an unbiased
way. Purely informative writing gives the
reader an overview of all dimensions of
an issue. From these types of
DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATIVE WRITING STRUCTURE

CAUSE AND EFFECT

A cause and effect informative writing structure
explains how one event, which is the cause, leads to another
event i.e.the effect

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

A comparison and contrast study analyses two
informative writing topics by comparing, contrasting or
comparing them. The aim is not to state the obvious factor,
but to illuminate the less prominent differences or similarities
between two subjects.

TIME AND SEQUENCE

These are types of informative writing that depend
on the sequential placing of information. All the information
 Persuasive writing technique is an
interesting style of writing for the students.
Especially relevant, using this technique, a
writer can convince a reader that his opinion of
a topic is correct.
Furthermore, the selection of words is the
most important factor while writing
persuasively. The reader should understand
what the writer wants to say. Besides that, they
should write logical arguments and create a
strong close argument. Most noteworthy for a
student is to know the different techniques of
persuasive writing.
 Argumentative Writing

An argumentative essay uses evidence and

facts to prove whether or not a thesis is true. It
presents two sides of a single issue and covers
the most important arguments for and against.

*Makes claims based on factual evidence

(research).

*Makes counterclaims – the author neutralizes

or “defeats” opposing ideas.
* Logic-based - convinces audience through the
merit and rationality of the claim and evidence
offered.
 Remember that when you
write, focus your attention on the given
topic, set your objectives, and present
your ideas to educate your readers.
Using a variety of writing techniques is
quite challenging. Do not worry if
sometimes you find it hard to express
your opinions. What’s important is you
are slowly learning and willing to
improve yourself, especially in your
Direction: True or False. Write True if the statement is
correct or False if the statement is wrong. Write your
answer on the space before the number.
____1. A student needs to know a variety of writing
techniques.
____2. In informative writing, as a writer, you need to select
a certain
topic and provide a backup statement or
supporting facts for it.
____3. Engaging in persuasive writing techniques helps the
students to improve different styles of writing.
____4. An argument states a claim and supports it with
reasons and
evidence from sources.
____5. An argumentative essay uses evidence and facts to
_________6.It
presents two sides of a single
issue and covers the most important
arguments for and against.
_________7.A type of informative structure
that depend on the sequential placing of
information.
_________8.This attempts to be highly
logical.
_________9. it is used to explain and
describe or inform.
_________10.Used to change the readers
mind by convincing the reader to agree
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