Have you ever thought if New Zealand should become a poverty free country?

WALT: present an argument that will persuade an audience.

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Persuasive Argument

1.   I stated my point of view clearly in the introduction and the conclusion

2.   I backed each argument with relevant evidence and detail

3. My argument is mainly in the present Tense

4.   I used conditionals; would, could, might, if, unless,

5.   I used connectives

§ To structure the argument: first, finally

§ To link ideas within the argument: because, consequently, so, therefore,

6.   I used persuasive devices such as

§ Statistics: ‘More than 50%.....’

§ Emotive language; strong adjective

§ Rhetorical questions: ‘Are we to believe that ….’

Hello everyone, My name is Heaven Ngakuru, and I am going to be speaking to you today about, Should New Zealand become a poverty free country What is poverty in homes you may ask? To begin, Poverty is not just a lack of money, It’s not just having no home, it’s not being able to have self confidence, you have low self - esteem , and you feel hopeless and helpless. So, I truly think with more help from more people we can make our country poverty free.

Firstly, I agree that New Zealand should be a poverty free country. Why? Clearly, we can see that
New Zealand isn’t quite poverty free yet, we still have some more progress on that,but if we can get more help from people  around some townships or cities we could perhaps make New Zealand poverty free. If New Zealand becomes poverty free my vision is  that all families can become happier and safer everyday in our country.

How would you like to live in a house of poverty? Would you like it? One-third of New Zealand’s children, or 300,000, now live below the poverty line which is 45,000 more than a year ago, isn’t that just crazy?

I strongly believe that most people blame it on the government, but really, promises made by many in the government was to fix poverty in our country, but things eventually fell by wayside. Some individuals around some communities do often help those in need. but people need more help, part of the problem is lack of employment and finances to name a few. So, in knowing all that why can’t we as a community come together and come up with an action plan of our own?  Let’s start doing good in the community, and help those who are wanting help.

In addition to that did you know when children live poorly many don’t get to go to the doctors when they are sick because they can’t afford the costs of the appointment and the medicine, therefore people  slowly suffer in the walls of their own home . Now isn’t that just heart breaking for some of those people out there.

I believe that if New Zealand could possibly be a poverty free country if we just all start working like a team and show leadership to our young. Just imagine New Zealand being a poverty free country. I can see families spending quality times together, people socialising and more people healthier and safer. So come on everyone this is not just a dream anything is possible.

All this evidence points to the fact that, New Zealand can possibly become a poverty free country if we all just start working all together. As I said before with more help from more people we can make our country poverty free.

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