AQA Eng Lang Question 6: Argue or Persuade?

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Argue Or Persuade

Argue 83%

Persuade17%

Total votes: 24

Argue or Persuade?

argue

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Original post by BBeyond

argue

theres a pole

Reply 3

BBeyond

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Original post by Angelo12231

theres a pole

didn't see that :frown:

Reply 4

Parallex

6

To be honest mate I don't think it really matters. AQA were very vague in the question - I took it as an argument but a persuasive piece would also suffice. I'm going to try and find a past paper with a similar question and see what the examiner report stated. :smile:

Reply 5

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Original post by Parallex

To be honest mate I don't think it really matters. AQA were very vague in the question - I took it as an argument but a persuasive piece would also suffice. I'm going to try and find a past paper with a similar question and see what the examiner report stated. :smile:

Yeah, I agree with this.

They didn't clearly state, so it could be interpreted in different ways.

Reply 6

egyptian_cleo

2

Couldve been both tbh, I argued for, but also tried to make my points persuasive, and also considering other peoples points of view.

Reply 7

ColeNate

7

What exactly is the difference (in terms of when actually writing your response) between persuade and argue? Different techniques? Tone?

Reply 8

Angelo12231

OP

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Original post by ColeNate

What exactly is the difference (in terms of when actually writing your response) between persuade and argue? Different techniques? Tone?

Persuading is with your heart, arguing is with your head. So you use emotive language and back it up with opinions for persuade. For argue, you use logical and reasoned points that are based solely on fact so no opinions are addressed.

Reply 9

Angelo12231

OP

14

To be honest, why the **** didn't AQA just write Argue or Persuade......................... But the question was more towards argue though. I better well be bloody expecting low down-to-the-ground grade boundaries in august...

Reply 10

Parallex

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Original post by Angelo12231

Persuading is with your heart, arguing is with your head. So you use emotive language and back it up with opinions for persuade. For argue, you use logical and reasoned points that are based solely on fact so no opinions are addressed.

My article was biased as hell - the opposition got a mere few lines of defence which were all counter argued. :P

Reply 11

Angelo12231

OP

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Original post by Parallex

My article was biased as hell - the opposition got a mere few lines of defence which were all counter argued. :P

ahaha but thats what you were mean't to do :3 say opposing view then boom, shoot it out of the sky with a solid counter strike My article didnt even seem like one... i forgot to do headline ahhh

Reply 12

Parallex

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Original post by Angelo12231

ahaha but thats what you were mean't to do :3 say opposing view then boom, shoot it out of the sky with a solid counter strike My article didnt even seem like one... i forgot to do headline ahhh

I forgot the headline too, don't worry. I actually thought of the headline whilst I was writing it but I had no room to write it above my text so I just left it. Surely that doesn't matter though... it's something you'd hear in primary school.

Reply 13

Angelo12231

OP

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Original post by Parallex

I forgot the headline too, don't worry. I actually thought of the headline whilst I was writing it but I had no room to write it above my text so I just left it. Surely that doesn't matter though... it's something you'd hear in primary school.

lol Not at all... Its just something that will make your article look like an article...

Reply 14

ColeNate

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Original post by Angelo12231

Persuading is with your heart, arguing is with your head. So you use emotive language and back it up with opinions for persuade. For argue, you use logical and reasoned points that are based solely on fact so no opinions are addressed.

Thanks. My response was a mix between argue and persuade then.

Reply 15

Angelo12231

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Original post by ColeNate

Thanks. My response was a mix between argue and persuade then.

Oh no they are almost the same thing so don't worry. Just as long as your points are backed up by heavy statistics and not 'too' much opinion

Reply 16

Abdullahi_3487

[QUOTE="Arithmeticae;47940093"]Yeah, I agree with this.

They didn't clearly state, so it could be interpreted in different ways.[/QUOTE
i argued disagree

Reply 17

ColeNate

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Original post by Angelo12231

Oh no they are almost the same thing so don't worry. Just as long as your points are backed up by heavy statistics and not 'too' much opinion

I seem to remember saying something on the lines of:

When your precious little Jimmy has spent the sixth hour of his day on Facebook telling his mates 'rofl' and an arsenal of other appalling acronyms, it's not difficult to see why he's doing bad at school.

Every time your child 'likes' their Pringles or any other brand they are playing into a clever con.

Reply 18

Angelo12231

OP

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Original post by ColeNate

I seem to remember saying something on the lines of:

When your precious little Jimmy has spent the sixth hour of his day on Facebook telling his mates 'rofl' and an arsenal of other appalling acronyms, it's not difficult to see why he's doing bad at school.

Every time your child 'likes' their Pringles or any other brand they are playing into a clever con.