Day 3 Writing Homework
Prompt : Write a complete 3-minute persuasive speech on climate change using all techniques learned today.
Your speech must include:
Clear AIDA structure
At least five different rhetorical devices (label them)
Strong emotionally evocative language
Rich physically descriptive language engaging multiple senses
At least two original symbolic or metaphorical images Effective transitions and cohesive paragraphs.
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Take a minute to think about what the future could look like. Scientists say that if we don’t do something soon, our oceans, which used to be full of colorful coral and amazing sea creatures, could turn into empty, poisonous waters. Animals that need the ocean to survive might slowly die out.
These same oceans, the ones where life on Earth first began, are rising. By the year 2100, the sea could get so high that it covers coastal cities, washing away buildings, homes, and history. Millions of people might lose where they live and have to move.
Is that really what we want to leave behind for future generations? Is that what we want to be remembered for? Is that what we call progress?
Here in Australia, our forests and bushlands, which were once full of birds, trees, and the sounds of nature, are turning into fiery disasters every summer. Fires spread fast, jumping from tree to tree. It gets so hot that the air can make its own storms. Animals try to escape, but many can’t. They either get too tired or get caught in the flames. What’s left is the awful smell of burning and a silence that means life is gone.
This isn’t just a scary story, it happened in real life during the 2019–2020 bushfires, when three billion animals died, either from the fire or from not having food or shelter afterward. Every piece of ash that rose into the sky was a reminder that we didn’t do enough. Every cloud of smoke showed how badly we’ve hurt our planet.
But the fires and floods are just part of the bigger problem. The Earth is getting sick because of how much pollution we’ve put into the air. And make no mistake,climate change isn’t just about the environment. It’s about your life, your safety, and your future.
Even now, while we’re sitting in safe buildings with lights and air-conditioning, the pollution we’ve released is wrapping around Earth like a thick blanket, trapping heat, messing with the weather, and causing changes that might be too big to stop.
This isn’t someone else’s problem. This isn’t something we can deal with later. This is our challenge, and it’s happening right now.
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Holiday Writing Course Year 6 Day 3_ Persuasive Speech about Climate Change
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Day 3 Praveen
Imagine a barren world devoid of life, where toxic fog drifts across the bleak landscape, encompassing every street, every corner, everything (Metaphor). This could be our Earth within just a century- it’s closer than you think. Envision reaches for a glass of water only to be rationed like a precious commodity and given out in droplets. Feel the cracked, parched earth beneath your feet, a testament to our dying earth. This is not just some dystopian future, it’s a very possible reality.
Our planet, our home, stands at the brink of total destruction. How many more global catastrophes can we endure before the inevitable? (Rhetorical Question) This climate crisis isn’t approaching-it’s already prevalent and at our doorstep.
All of this is caused by climate change. But what exactly is climate change?
Climate change or global warming is a change in weather or temperature over an extended period. Added together, it can raise temperatures to the point of notice.
It devours coastlines like ravenous beasts, and it melts the ice sheets like a blazing torch (similies), these and more are the atrocities caused by global warming. Yet despite knowing this, we continue to face disaster.
Consider, for a moment, the world that awaits future generations. Scientists predict that without immediate action, our oceans, once teeming with aquatic life, will become uninhabited and acidic. Is this the legacy we want to leave to our children? (Rhetorical Question)
This crisis affects our past, our present, and our future. (Tricolon)
In Australia, the once beautiful bush and wetlands have transformed into a hellscape where fire engulfs everything in sight, because of the rising temperatures. We doom millions of animals dependent on the bush for survival to slow, excruciatingly painful deaths. In Antarctica, the ice sheets are slowly being consumed by the sea and contributing to the rising sea levels that are threatening many coastal ecosystems.
We cannot ignore the wildfires, we cannot ignore the melting ice sheets, we cannot ignore climate change. (Anaphora)
These crises are only the beginning of a much more dreadful era.
When we talk about climate change, we talk about it like a far-away reality. Make no mistake. These events are the symptoms of a much deeper planetary fever. (Metaphor)
During a beach trip on summer vacation, my sister and I were looking forward to visiting the local beach. It was a yearly tradition in our family and meant a lot to us.
But to my sister and me eternal dismay, the beach had been closed a week earlier due to dangerous coastal erosions due by climate change.
That was supposed to be my sister’s first visit.
Some might say that taking a stand against climate change is a moral choice, not an economic one. They say that the money spent on renewable energy and cleaning up could severely weaken the economy, leading way to an economic crisis. While this argument is valid, research from the Department and Regulation of Renewable Energy shows that renewable energy is still in its early phases and creates more jobs than the fossil fuels industry. Within the last year, the renewable sector employed 25,000 Australians, and the numbers are rising steadily.
The real economic crisis would come from failing to act. The Climate Regulation Council estimates that climate disasters would cause governments a total of 100 billion annually by 2050 if nothing is done. By transitioning to renewables, we can create new jobs while creating a thriving world.
We stand at the crossroads of human history. One path leads us down the road of destruction, and the other, the one I urge you to take, leads to a thriving, prosperous world. So, what can we do to achieve a sustainable future?
First, we must start recycling. Recycling lowers our carbon footprint drastically. Unfortunately, according to a 2018 survey by the University of Sydney, only a small portion of plastic gets recycled. Secondly, we must switch to a sustainable form of energy, such as solar panels and wind turbines. Thirdly, we must be conscious of our day-to-day choices, for example, buying plastic things or eating out.
I implore you to join a larger movement to act upon climate change. In this changing world, inaction means doom. We must protect our oceans, we must protect our forests, we must protect our future. (epistrophe)
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Day 3 vinnie505
Imagine a world where the once clear cerulean blue sky has been poisoned to a boiling devilish red horizon, endless blinding sunlight beams scratch the population with climate change, the vivid emerald grass has been reduced to mere flakes of tangerine orange, crispy like old autumn leaves. Lakes glimmer with phantom water. Mountains collapse in agony. You might think that this world is just a part of your imagination. But truly, it is closer than you think. We have yet to choose our destiny, and it has to be the choice of everyone. To survive, or to destroy the future generations. Which one will you pick?
As greenhouse gases blanket the Earth, we will have no escape. Temperatures have risen drastically, and they will if we don’t stop using excess fossil fuels in our day-to-day life. How do we stop then? What difference will I make if I stop using plastics? Aren’t I just 1 in 8 billion people? You are not just 1 in 8 billion. You are the spark. And sparks? They start wildfires. Your commitment to stopping climate change and being a planet protector can actually change a lot. Reducing your use of plastics can help the planet, bit by bit. You might think at first that you won’t change anything, but you certainly will. A determined person to stop climate change is the key for action.
Here’s why I stopped using plastics; and why you should too. Plastics are extremely harmful to the environment and even you. The microplastics and chemicals used to make them carry awful pollutants that can lead to health problems. Plastics don’t sit around — they suffocate wildlife, release toxic gases, fill up our oceans, and last forever. Once the damage is done, there’s no rewind button. Scientists prove that over 90% of the human population have microplastics inside their body. Greenhouse gases are enveloping the planet, stealing heat, trapping us; and if we don’t slow down the burning of excess fossil fuels, there’ll be no escape. Your decisions inspire others — they’ll see you making a wiser decision, and they’ll follow. Through the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe — the very things we need to survive — microplastics creep in. Plastic isn’t just trash, it’s toxic. Invisible plastic particles poisoning our food, polluting our oceans, choke our air, and even crawl into our blood.
Are we going to ignore the set issue in front of us? No. We will fight. For every paper bag you use, for every plastic bag you reuse, you’ll be reducing your carbon footprint. For the solars panels you invest in, for the electric car you saved for, for the electric oven you owned, they all significantly contribute to destroying climate change. We will rise like phoenixes, controlling the problem that was once controlling us. Go eco-friendly, save the planet we inhabit, and cherish renewable energy and anything that helps reduce carbon emissions. It all depends on you. You are the fire starter to the wildfire.
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DAY 3 Ling
What climate change does – Speech
Climate change isn’t just when the temperature increases but its also when the world changes to a whole new one; and starts to melt down and demolish into pieces. Would you want a terrible thing to happen to your world , one that you step foot on every single day? Well can you imagine a world where it rains almost every day , with a wide range in temperatures ?
Deforestation and emission of polluting gases is one of the key points in climate change.Scientists say that if people don’t stop deforestation or polluting gas emissions that the temperature of earth can get to catastrophic levels and cause global warming. Glaciers from Antarctica and cold places in the world will start to melt and soon our world will lead to flash flooding and torrential rain,
that would be bad, right? Because of all this in Australia, we are experiencing loss of habitat and causing extinction of endangered species once filled with all sorts of animals and bushland but now slowly decreasing in its number .
The earth is already starting to cough and people can feel it because of the earthquakes,flash floods , volcano eruptions etcetera that have been happening all over the world.
Aswell as that too many vehicles can emit smoke and gasses which pollutes the environment and makes the place feel gloomy.Like in specific places in the world like India the sky has started to get dark and residents are experiencing health issues that is because of all of this pollution and emissions happening.
Imagine just a tough world with the dark sky and people all tired and not able to walk as well, fishes lying on the sea shore moving in a tragic way just like a worm.I urge you all to help save this fantastic world , home to an infinite amount of people and animals.
What climate change does – Speech
Climate change isn’t just when the temperature increases but its also when the world changes to a whole new one; and starts to melt down and demolish into pieces.Would you want a terrible thing to happen to your world , one that you step foot on every single day? Well can you imagine a world where it rains almost every day , with a wide range in temperatures ?
Deforestation and emission of polluting gases is one of the key points in climate change.Scientists say that if people don’t stop deforestation or polluting gas emissions that the temperature of earth can get to catastrophic levels and cause global warming. Glaciers from Antarctica and cold places in the world will start to melt and soon our world will lead to flash flooding and torrential rain,
that would be bad, right? Because of all this in Australia, we are experiencing loss of habitat and causing extinction of endangered species once filled with all sorts of animals and bushland but now slowly decreasing in its number .
The earth is already starting to cough and people can feel it because of the earthquakes,flash floods , volcano eruptions etcetera that have been happening all over the world.
Aswell as that too many vehicles can emit smoke and gasses which pollutes the environment and makes the place feel gloomy.Like in specific places in the world like India the sky has started to get dark and residents are experiencing health issues that is because of all of this pollution and emissions happening.
Imagine just a tough world with the dark sky and people all tired and not able to walk as well, fishes lying on the sea shore moving in a tragic way just like a worm.I urge you all to help save this fantastic world , home to an infinite amount of people and animals.
Imagine waking up to a sky the color of rust. The sun, usually golden and warm, now hangs like a dim red bruise behind a veil of smoke. You open your window, expecting the scent of morning air—but instead, you’re hit with the sharp sting of ash and dust. The trees are brittle, the grass crackles underfoot, and the birds? Gone.
That’s not a scene from a dystopian novel. It’s the reality millions of Australians faced during the Black Summer bushfires—and the future we’re heading toward if we don’t act on climate change.
Climate change is not coming. It’s already here. We’ve felt it in heatwaves so hot the pavement warps, in floods that swallow playgrounds, and in winters that no longer feel like winter. These aren’t isolated disasters—they’re warnings. And we’d be foolish to ignore them.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the past decade was Australia’s hottest on record. Since 1910, our average temperature has risen by 1.47 degrees Celsius. That might sound small, but to the planet, it’s a fever. And like any fever, if it keeps rising, the consequences get worse.
We stand on the edge of a cliff, watching the shoreline of our future wash away—and yet, many of us are still frozen. Why? Because it’s easy to believe the problem is too big, too distant, or someone else’s responsibility. But that belief is the real danger.
We are not powerless.
We are the generation with the science, the technology, and the voice to make a difference. We just have to use them.
Climate change is a fire, and silence is the gasoline. We must choose courage over comfort, progress over passivity, and boldness over business as usual. We cannot wait. We cannot whisper. We cannot walk away.
Solutions exist—solar panels, electric transport, plant-based diets, circular economies. Each one is a step away from the ledge and toward a world that breathes. But change won’t happen from the top down if the bottom stays silent.
I’m asking you to do more than recycle. I’m asking you to speak. To vote with your choices—what you buy, how you travel, what you demand from leaders.
Because right now, we’re borrowing time. And the interest? It’s being paid in hurricanes, in coral reefs turned ghost-white, in children choking on smog.
Do you want to look your future child in the eyes and say we had the chance to change the world—and didn’t?
Earth is not an endless vault. It’s a fragile paper lantern glowing in the darkness—and we are the ones holding the match.
Let’s be the generation that chose action over apathy. That didn’t inherit a broken planet, but healed it. Not just for us, but for every creature, forest, and glacier that doesn’t get a vote—but deserves a future.
The clock is ticking.
Let’s not run out of time while standing still.