year 9 unit 3 Flashcards
Voluntarily
Done by one’s own free will, without being forced
Idiom
A figurative expression, i.e. ‘over the moon’
Editorial
A newspaper article expressing the editor’s opinion on an issue
Columnist
A journalist contributing regularly to a newspaper or magazine
Nefarious
Evil or Criminal
Cynicism
The belief that people are motivated purely by self-interest
Unfortunately
Sadly, regrettably
Formidable
Causing fear or awe
Podium
A raised platform in front of an audience
Retrospect
Reflecting on the past
Routinely
As part of a regular procedure
Campaigner
A person who campaigns for social or political change
Prodigious
something that is very large powerful or impressive
Moreover
used to add information
notable
worthy of attention, remarkable
thought provoking
causing people to think seriously about something
reluctant
unwilling or hesitant
nonetheless
in spite of, nevertheless
unattainable
not able to be reached or achieved
provoke
to cause a reaction, often negative
desolate
not lived in, giving an impression of emptiness
contemporary
existing now, belonging to the same period of time
inevitable
certain to happen, unavoidable
disproportionate
too large or too small in comparison to something else
staggering
very shocking or surprising
insidious
gradually or secretly causing harm, dangerous
legacy
something handed down from the past, a heritage
incompetent
unsuitable for a purpose
catastrophic
a huge tragic or destructive event
atrocities
an extremely terrible act, often involving injury
compelling
creating interest, attention or admiration
citizens
people that live in a city or town
consciousness
the state of being aware of what is going on around you
discrimination
prejudice towards different categories of people
incalculable
a number too big to be calculated or estimated
superfluous
unnecessary
humility
being modest
moral
concerned with right and wrong behaviour
unique
being the one of its kind; unlike anything else
hyperbolic
deliberately exaggerated
indulgent
allowing someone to enjoy something desired
emerging
growing and developing
reverence
deep respect for someone or something
petulant
childish, sulky or bad-tempered
what does PERSUASION stand for
power of three emotive language repetition and rhetorical questions shocking imagery use of imperatives anecdotes statistics and facts inclusive language over exaggeration and opinion nice to reader
power of three
list of three
emotive language
this aims to make the reader feel emotional
rhetorical questions
questions that don’t need an answer
shocking imagery
use of imagery or statements in order to surprise or horrify the reader
use of imperatives
gives the reader orders
anecdotes
short stories that help support the speakers argument
statistics and facts
numbers and facts to support the speaker
inclusive language
seen through the use of personal pronouns like ‘we’ which includes the reader
over exaggeration/ opinion
exaggerating for effect/ the speaker says their opinion as if it is fact
nice to reader
being nice to the reader- makes them want to agree
PAPAH
polysyndeton, anaphora, parallelism, antithesis, hypophora
polysyndeton
repetition of conjugations
anaphora
repetition of words or phrases at the start of a sentence
parallelism
the use of matching sentence structure
antithesis
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
hypophora
a question followed by an answer
