Persuasive Language

Question 1

Adjectives

Answer 1

Descriptive words used to add emphasis

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of initial constant sounds

Question 3

Anecdotes

Answer 3

Short personal stories used to connect with the audience

Question 4

Assertion

Answer 4

When a idea is presented as fact without full explanation

Question 5

Attacks

Answer 5

When a speaker says a opposing view

Question 6

Bias

Answer 6

The presentation of only one side of an issue

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

The ideas or feelings that certain words invokes

Question 8

Credibility

Answer 8

Establishment of authority and reliability

Question 9

Emotion

Answer 9

Feelings accentuated by experimenting love, hate, fear etc.

Question 10

Exaggeration

Answer 10

Representation of something greater then it actually is

Question 11

Evidence

Answer 11

Facts that indicate if something is true or not

Question 12

Figurative Language

Answer 12

To create imagery and express things non-literally

Question 13

Generalization

Answer 13

Inference that a claim is true for most people

Question 14

Rule of Three

Answer 14

Group of 3 adjectives make ideas memorable

Question 15

Jargon

Answer 15

Special words or expressions used by profession

Question 16

Loaded Words

Answer 16

Words charged with an underlying meaning

Question 17

Pronouns

Answer 17

Words that take place of a noun

Question 18

Reason

Answer 18

The power of the mind to think judgments

Question 19

Repetition

Answer 19

Reoccurrence of certain words

Question 20

Rhetorical Questions

Answer 20

Statements which are voiced as questions but are not accepted to be answered