English Flashcards

1
Q

Name 5 persuasive devices

A

Rhetorical
Alliteration
Emotive language
Personal pronouns
Rule of three (triad structure)

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2
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What does TAP stand for?

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Task
Audience
Pronouns

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3
Q

What is the formal letter structure?

A

Senders address
Date
Recipients address
Salutation (greeting)
Body
Closing paragraph
Signature

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4
Q

How do you start a speech?

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Good morning… I’m here to talk to you about…

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5
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How do you end a speech?

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Thank you for listening. I hope you’ve been inspired by what I’ve said.

(Think about what you want the audience to do, how will they take action on what you’ve said?)

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6
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What are some sequence words and phrases?

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In the first place…
Secondly…
Finally…
Fundamentally…

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7
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Persuasive writing sentence openers that persuade

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The fact is..
Most agree that…
One reason is…
It is important to…
Furthermore…
It would be better if…
Another reason is…

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8
Q

What are some connectives to signal emphasis?

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Indeed
In fact
Sure
Significantly
Naturally
More importantly
Of course
Undoubtedly
Obviously
(Un) fortunately

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9
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Connect to signal opinion

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It would seem
It appears
Supposedly
On the strength of
Some people believe
In my opinion
On the other hand
However
Even though
Despite this

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10
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Connectives that illustrates

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For example
For instance
Such as
In other words
As shown by
This can be seen in
Except for
Unless

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11
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What does STANLEY stand for?

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Sincerely
To
Anyone
(K)Nown
Like
Emily or
Yana

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12
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What do you need to include?

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DPRN sturucture
Modal verbs
Transitional words
Varied sentences
Counter Argument
Varied Punctuation

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