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Persuasive techniques
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- 1Direct appealwords that include the
audience and imply they
have an interest in the topic, e.g. you, us, we, our. - 2Emotional appealwords that appeal to the
emotions, such as stirring
patriotic feelings, e.g.
‘it was a proud moment for
our great country when…’ - 3Humourwitty use of words, such as
puns, and images or
amusing stories or situations, e.g. ‘don’t be a drip when it
comes to using water’ - 4Assertive languagedirections or commands
(beginning with a verb), e.g. ‘Don’t let this happen…’ - 5Persuasive wordsstrongly positive, negative, emotional or colourful words or phrases value, easy, free, success, disaster, devalue, failure
- 6Statistics and factsFacts and figures that support and give authority to an argument ‘Indigenous people earn only half the average Australian income’.
- 7ToneThe manner or style of the language in the text, e.g casual, friendly, aggressive, formal, positive, encouraging, assertive.
- 8VisualsBody language; memorable graphics; charts and tables to illustrate or emphasise a point, e.g. clenching your fist to indicate anger or passion.
- 9Expert quotesStatements by expert people to give authority to a point, e.g. ‘Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Liechtenstein argued…’.
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- Year 8 English Flashcards on Persuasive techniques, created by dmullen on 13/11/2013.
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- dmullen · Nov 2013
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