PERSUASIVE DEVICES

Question 1

Listing

Answer 1

Suggests abundance and packs in lots of ideas to overwhelm audience

Question 2

Appeal to…

Answer 2

• Hip pocket nerve
• Family values
• Tradition
• Logic
• Environment
• Community values and biases
• etc…

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

Exaggeration

Question 4

Juxtaposition

Answer 4

Places two ideas side by side to draw on their similarities and/or differences

Question 5

Semantic field

Answer 5

The use of words that have similar meanings and/or connotations to drive home and subliminally push a point

Question 6

Rhetorical question

Answer 6

A question of which the answer is obvious / not needed to be answered

Question 7

Sarcasm

Answer 7

Tone word.

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

sentences where each word starts with the same letter or sound to emphasise and/or group ideas

Question 9

Metaphor, simile

Answer 9

comparison between two things

Question 10

Emotive language

Answer 10

words or phrases that have strong emotional connotations

Question 11

Statistical evidence

Answer 11

form of hard evidence that gives an academic and intelligent effect to arguments

Question 12

Anecdotal evidence

Answer 12

Evidence from personal stories, emotive and logical power

Question 13

Expert opinion

Answer 13

Hard evidence from someone who is knowledgeable in the field

Question 14

Current event

Answer 14

Used to introduce issue and convey it’s relevancy

Question 15

Establishing principles

Answer 15

Builds connection with the audience through establishing shared ideas and beliefs

Question 16

Hypothetical scenario

Answer 16

Imagined reality that can serve as a cautionary tale or a idyllic world

Question 17

Rebuttal

Answer 17

Vocalises and extends empathy to the opposition while discrediting and opposing their beliefs as incorrect

Question 17

Sarcasm

Answer 17

Can pose the opposition as immature, illogical or out of touch by mocking their beliefs. Satire or irony