Writing for the purpose of expressing and supporting an opinion using persuasive devices.

Stage 4 language devices includes the following topics:

• Utilising grammatical structures
  Effective use of manipulating verbs to show the mood brings the text to life and has a greater impact on the audience.

• Rhetorical questions
  Rhetorical questions are used to emphasise a point where the answer to the question is obvious due to the wording of the question.