Persausive Features Flashcards by Alfie Edwards | Brainscape

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Rule of 3

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Repeat something 3x to embed message

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Flattery

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Flatter the audience

‘You deserve better’

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Rhetorical question

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Ask audience question to involve them

Address audience

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Facts and stats

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Give statistics to convince audience

‘80% of people agreed that…’

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Imperative language

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Command the reader or audience to agree with you

‘Join us!’

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerate to shock the audience

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Emotive language

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Create a emotional response from audience/reader

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Personal pronouns

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‘Us’ ‘We’

Directly addresses audience

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Personal opinion

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Give your view but present as a fact

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