Emphasis Markers Flashcards

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Uses to arouse emotion; accurate, advantage, always, bargain

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Emotive Words

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Using “we” “you” and “us” to create a connection between writers and readers

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Personal Pronouns

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Making something seem much better or much worse that it really is. “Jomel was thirsty enough to drink a river dry”

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Exaggeration

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Saying the same word or phrase more than once for emphasis. “Not yet Rizal, not yet”

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Repitition

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5
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Using commands or instructions. “Buy now pay later”

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Imperatives

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Asking questions that make the audience think. “Who knows?” “Did you hear me?”

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Rhetorical questions

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Using similes, rhyme, alliteration, assonance.

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Literatary Devices

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Broad sweeping statements.
“Every person in this room needs money”
“The world out there is never safe”

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Generalizations

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Making the audiencr or readers feel sorry for someone or something

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Play on the reader’s sympathy

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10
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Using two or more phrases. “Buy Keso-now cheesier, creamier, and tastier.”

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Clusters of Three

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11
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Asking questions that do not require answers

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Generalizations

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12
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Making the reader feel bad about something

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Play on the reader’s sympathy

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13
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Using words arouse emotions

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Emotive Words

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14
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Using number or graphs which provide comvincing informations

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Literary Devices

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15
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Using words like “I urge” or “I demand” for emphadid

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Personal Pronouns

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16
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Being over the top to get a point across

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Exaggeration