A Discourse Analysis on the Written Poems of Grade 11 Creative Writing Students: Language of Persuasion in Focus

The purpose of this qualitative corpora-based study was to analyze the persuasive techniques used by Grade 11 creative writing students in their written poems about politics and social issues in one of the schools in the Division of Davao del Norte.The analysis on persuasive techniques were based on the study of Flower and Hayes (1983). In addition, using the Theory of Persuasion of Aristotle, it also analyzed how the students used persuasive techniques in writing their poems. The results of the study showed that rhetorical questions, alliteration, repetition, and imperative mood were some of the persuasive techniques present in written poem of the students. Moreover, it was also found out that the students used appeal to ethics, emotions, and logic in their poem to persuade readers. This study was useful and essential as study ground about writing poetry and as a basis on how schools may emphasize the language of persuasion in the written poems of the students. The study recommends that future research may venture on another analysis on another genre. KEYWORDS: persuasive techniques, grade 11 creative writing students critical thinking, writing a poem, Division of Davao del Norte