Persuasive devices Flashcards
What is an anecdote
A short personal story
What’s a statistic
Numbers an percentages to support a point
Opinion
Your view on something
Imperative
A command word
Emotive language
Words that make the reader feel a strong emotion
Rhetorical question
A question that doesn’t need an answer
Anaphora
Repetition at the beginning of a sentence
Direct address
Speaking directly to the reader
Hyperbole
Over exaggerating something
Repetition
When a word appears more than once in a text
Why would you use an anecdote
To sway the readers onion by including a short story of your own experience
why would you use a statistic
To persuade the reader to support your ideas by including numbers and percentages from scientists and researchers
Why use an opinion
To first state your view on something to persuade
Why use an imperative
To get the reader to do something, e.g you need to go to school.
Why use emotive language
To persuade the reader through a use of words to make the reader feel a certain emotion for the statement your making
