Rhetorical Techniques ( persuasion, argumentative writing ) Flashcards

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Rule of 3

Triadic Structure

A

Runnymede is: great, fun and exciting.

It makes the content STRIKING

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Repetition

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Vegetables are good for you
Vegetables keep you healthy
Vegetables are anti carcinogenic

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Anaphora

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Recycling helps the environment
Recycling helps you
Recycling helps the world

Deliberate definition of a phrase at the beggining of 2 or more scentences

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Direct Adress

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You, we, they

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Emotive Language
( Emotion )

E.G. Guilt, pity, revulsion

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Polititians don’t care about us!

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Exclamations, Commands + Orders

When the writer feels passionate or shocked!

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Recycle it in the right bin!

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Anecdote

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Personal experience or story

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Rhetorical Question

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Persuading someone about something you believe in.

To engage and involve the reader

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Irony

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Creates humour + ridicule+ sarcasm

Rocket man
Trump ridiculed Kim yong um by calling him that

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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