Persuasive Techniques

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

Using a story to convey meaning. For example,

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. Example: “Im Juliet to your Romeo”

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For Example, Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase.
Example, “His tender heir might bear his memory”

Question 5

Anaphora

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repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect.
For example, “we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground”

Question 6

Analogy

Answer 6

Comparison of things based on those things being alike in some way.
Example: someone can make an analogy between the seasons of the year and the stages of life

Question 7

Sibilance

Answer 7

hissing sound is created in a group of words through the repetition of ‘s’ sounds. For example, “Sarah’s silly sister swallowed her sweet.”

Question 8

Onamatapia

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words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe. The “boom” of a firework

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

“its raining cats and dogs”

Question 10

Jargon

Answer 10

Like slang but can be written and spoken.

Question 11

Simile

Answer 11

“she laughed like a dog”

Question 12

Anecdote

Answer 12

Personal story

Question 13

Personification

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when makeing an inatimate object human like, for example, the sun kissed my cheeks

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

Exessesive Exaggeration

Question 15

Oxymoron

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a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings. For example, Organised Chaos

Question 16

Colloquial Language

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Everyday language

Question 17

Inclusive Language

Answer 17

“We, Us”

Question 18

Exlusive language

Answer 18

“You, Me, I”

Question 19

Ethos

Answer 19

appeal to trust

Question 20

Pathos

Answer 20

appeal to emotions

Question 21

Logos

Answer 21

appeal to logic

Question 22

Repetition

Answer 22

repeat certain words to grab the reader or audience’s attention.

Question 23

polysyndeton

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rhythm in words, example, “neither snow nor rain, heat nor gloom”

Question 24

anaphora

Answer 24

repetition at the beginning of a sentence to create emphasis

Question 25

parallelism

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using similar or repeated grammatical structure across words, phrases, clauses, or sentences,

Question 26

epistrophe

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repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, For example, “of the people, by the people, for the people”

Question 27

Hypophora

Answer 27

answering your own rhetorical question

Question 28

Attacks

Answer 28

making the ‘other side’ seem less credible

Question 29

Cliches

Answer 29

a term or phrase that has been overused to the extent that they are commonly understood by society. for example, it is a cliche for the football quarterback to date a cheerleader

Question 30

Connotations

Answer 30

when words have a deeper meaning. for example, there are negative connatations around being a dog.

Question 31

Emotive Language

Answer 31

using emotions to persuade the reader

Question 32

Evidance

Answer 32

facts and stats

Question 33

Generalisations

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making assumptions abt a large group of people. for example, “I know two men who had meat pies for lunch, they are both builders. That must mean all builders eat meat pies for lunch”.

Question 34

Reason

Answer 34

usually backed up by common sense or facts

Question 35

Rhetorical Questions

Answer 35

when a question is asked but no answer is expected

Question 36

Humor

Answer 36

puns, irony, satire

Question 37

Rule of Three

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when something is said three times. “blood sweat and tears”

Question 38

Opinion

Answer 38

not a fact

Question 39

Call to action

Answer 39

“we must fight back!!” a call to do something abt an issue

Question 40

Expert Opinon

Answer 40

when articles use an “expert” to back up points. these most likely come in the form of statistics