persuasive techniques Flashcards
anecdote
a personal story
emotive language
words or phrases that create response in the audience
exclusive language
words or phrases that exclude the audience
facts and statistics
the use of facts and/or statistics to support ideas
high modality
certain languages
imagery
descriptive languages that paints a picture for the audience
inclusive languages
word or phases that include the audience
low modality
uncertain language
repetition
to reapeat a word or phase
rhetorical question
a question is asked without expecting a answer
short sentence structure
a short sentence
single sentence paragraph
a paragraph that is only one sentence
connotation
the ideas, feeling or concepts associated with specific words,phrases
hyper bole
exaggerated statements or claims, not to be taken literally
hypophora
a question that is asked and immediately answered
pun
play on words
tone
the way the author expresses their attitude through their writing. not what they are saying ,but how ever they are saying it.
tricolon
groups of three clauses, phases or words in quick succession
accumulation
this means to mass, pile or heap. its the gathering of scattered points listed together
cumulative sentence
a sentence where the main information is given at the start, followed immediately by further details and specifics which can clarify things for the audience
contrast
two things that are strikingly diffrent from each other
nominalisation
the use of nouns over verbs
register
the degree of formality in language
