Persuasive Techniques

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

a Personal Story

Question 2

Emotive Language

Answer 2

Words or phrases that create an emotional response in the audience

Question 3

Exclusive Language

Answer 3

Words or phrases that exclude the audience

Question 4

Facts and statistics

Answer 4

The use of facts and \or statistics to support ideas

Question 5

High modality

Answer 5

Certain Language

Question 6

Imagery

Answer 6

Descriptive Language that paints a picture for the audience

Question 7

Inclusive Language

Answer 7

Words or phrases that include the audience

Question 8

Low Modality

Answer 8

Uncertain Language

Question 9

Repetition

Answer 9

To repeat a word or phrase

Question 10

Rhetorical question

Answer 10

A question that is asked without expecting an answer

Question 11

Short sentence structure

Answer 11

A short sentence

Question 12

Single sentence paragraph

Answer 12

A paragraph that is only one sentence

Question 13

Connotation

Answer 13

The ideas, feelings or concepts associated with specific words, phrases

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

Exaggerated statements or claims, not to be taken literally

Question 15

Hypophora

Answer 15

A question that is asked and immediately answered

Question 16

Pun

Answer 16

Play on words

Question 17

Tone

Answer 17

The way the author expresses their attitude through their writing not what they bare saying, but how they are saying it

Question 18

Tricolon

Answer 18

Groups of three clauses, phrases or words in quick succession