Persuasive Devices 1

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of consonants at the start of a word in a sentance

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

Compares one thing to another

Question 3

Anecdotes

Answer 3

A short personal backstory or information to help support the argument

Question 4

Appeal to justice

Answer 4

Appeals to people’s belief that everyone should get fair treatment

Question 5

Appeal to family values

Answer 5

Appeals to people’s belief of family arrangements and their benifits

Question 6

Appeal to group loyalty

Answer 6

Appeals to people’s belief that everything is better in community

Question 7

Appeal to hip-pocket nerve

Answer 7

Appeals to people’s concern about money

Question 8

Appeal to patriotism

Answer 8

Appeals to people’s sense of national pride

Question 9

Appeal to tradition and custom

Answer 9

Appeals to people’s sense of generational tradition

Question 10

Appeal to emotion (Pathos)

Answer 10

Attempts to make the reader feel a certain emotion, such as angry or sad

Question 11

Appeal to logic (Logos)

Answer 11

Appeals to the reader’s sense of reason

Question 12

Appeal to authority (Ethos)

Answer 12

Appeals to readers sense of authority

Question 13

Attacks

Answer 13

Used to put down the opponents view

Question 14

Connotations

Answer 14

Associations or implied meanings of a word/words

Question 15

Emotive Language

Answer 15

Using strong words to create emotion in the reader