Persuasive writing. This is a speech to be spoken by the former president of India Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam during his visit to a local government school in Mumbai. He intends to interact with 13-16 year olds about distractions in their day to day life and to

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Name: Aditya Raghunath Krishnan

Candidate Number: 488

Centre Name: Dhirubhai Ambani International School

Centre Number: IN405

Date: 18/10/09

Coursework Number: 1 (persuasive) 2nd draft

STATEMENT OF INTENT: This is a speech to be spoken by the former president of India Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam during his visit to a local government school in Mumbai. He intends to interact with 13-16 year olds about distractions in their day to day life and to persuade them to lead a balanced lifestyle; and hence the language used in this piece of coursework is semi-formal and friendly.

  Good morning everyone. Is everybody doing well today? I am here at Vivekananda High School, Mumbai. And we have students watching us on broadcasting channels from sixth standard all the way till twelfth. I am so happy that I have got this opportunity to speak with all of you today.

   I know that many of you might be feeling now that this ‘lecture’ is going to be a long, boring and monotonous one. I too have experienced speeches when I was as young as all of you, I also found them dreary. It was not until I grew up that I realised the importance of a speech; it is an easy way of communicating with a large audience. So, do not worry I will keep this short.

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But let me remind you that I have come here for a reason; a very important reason that I want to discuss with you all. I have come here to talk to all of you about how most of your time is wasted in unnecessary distractions and how academics is falling down the priority ladder for most of you.

I’ve spoken to your parents about ‘keeping a track of their kids’ and not allowing them to become too independent.

I have spoken to teachers about being friendly with kids and making a class full of fun and learning.

I ...

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