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Language Analysis Techniques
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- 1Alliteration Repetition of a consonant Eg: Rapid RiseHow the Technique Persuades:
Gains attention, Adds emphasis
Draws attention to key words - 2Anecdote Short Account or Story Eg. Personal AnecdoteHow the Technique Persuades:
Positions readers to respond emotionally
Readers take notice and accept information - 3Appeal to Authority Uses the opinion of an expert to prove a point Eg. Doctors, ScientistsHow the Technique Persuades:
Reassures the reader that the writer has fact
Influences the reader to agree - 4Appeal to Common Sense Practical Everyday knowledge that is accepted as obvious and therefore true Eg. 'Its pure common sense'How the Technique Persuades:
Pressures the reader to agree by implying that whoever disagrees lacks intelligence - 5Appeal to Family Values Suggests that family life provides the essential values for an healthy and stable societyHow the Technique Persuades:
Leads the reader to view families as desirable
Can position the reader to want to protect there own families - 6Appeal to Fear and Insecurity Suggests that peoples safety, security and freedom are at risk Presents a worst case scenarioHow the Technique Persuades:
Pressures the reader to feel solutions are needed urgently
Persuades reader that the writer has best intrests at heart. - 7Appeal to the Hip-Pocket Nerve Threatens our financial wellbeing because we fear or believe that we are being overcharged or ripped offHow the Technique Persuades:
Incites anger at being over charged
Positions the reader to reject the view that will cost more - 8Appeal to Tradition and Customs Appeals to a sense of security based on the belief that rituals and traditions are valuable and should be preservedHow the Technique Persuades:
Encourages the reader to resist change and to feel that links with the past should be retained
Can position readers to view chance as inferior - 9Appeal to Loyalty and Patriotism Assumes a commitment to our group, a love of our countryHow the Technique Persuades:
Positions the reader to agree with actions that benefit the nation/group
Can arouse feelings of anger towards those against the group - 10Appeal to Sense of Justice Plays upon our belief that we all have the right to be treated fairly and we should strive for just outcomesHow the Technique Persuades:
Positions the reader to agree that the punishment should fit the crime
Arouses feelings of anger when justice isn't served - 11Attack Belittle or denigrate an individual or groupHow the Technique Persuades:
Positions us to think badly of the person or group and therefore to dismiss their ideas or viewpoints - 12Praise Presents a person or group in a positive lightHow the Technique Persuades:
Makes us admire or like the person or group and therefore agree with ideas - 13Exaggeration, Overstatement, Hyperbole Presents an extreme view of an situation for dramatic impact May not be completely literalHow the Technique Persuades:
Positions a reader to respond emotionally and so be more likely to accept or reject an viewpoint - 14Generalisation A sweeping statement that suggests what is true for some is true for allHow the Technique Persuades:
Appeals to commonly held beliefs - 15Graphs and Diagrams Facts and Figures presented in a visual mediumHow the Technique Persuades:
Gives a quick understanding of viewpoint
Gives the facts - 16Inclusive Language Uses 'we', 'our','us' to include the readers in the same group as the writerHow the Technique Persuades:
The reader is positioned to agree because appeals to the desire to belong to a group - 17Irony A feature that allows the writer to say one thing when they really mean the otherHow the Technique Persuades:
Influences the reader to agree through a humorous tone
The reader is positioned to share in the writers ridicule of an idea - 18Clichés Overused phrases that a wide range of readers can quickly grasp and understandHow the Technique Persuades:
Reassure the reader through familiar expression
Often have comical effect - 19Colourful Language Creates a strong image through unusual and striking wordsHow the Technique Persuades:
Creates an memorable image that catches the readers intrest
Positions the reader to take an positive or negative image of the idea - 20Connotations and Loaded Words Meanings associated to words or implied by words that are not necessarily the dictionary meaningsHow the Technique Persuades:
Associated meanings of words can arouse feelings and attitudes that could position the reader - 21Emotive Language Deliberate use of strong words and phrases to arouse the readers feelings and so manipulate them to agreeHow the Technique Persuades:
The reader is positioned to react very emotionally and to agree with the writers viewpoint before reason comes into play - 22Evidence and Statistics The use of facts and figures to provide rational proof as the basis for a substantiated point of viewHow the Technique Persuades:
Positions the reader to view the writers argument as more convincing as it appears to have factual basis - 23Metaphor and Simile Compare two different things, suggesting a similarity between them. A simile uses 'as if' or 'like'How the Technique Persuades:
Creates a striking and memorable image, often with emotional impact that can influence the reader - 24Pun A play on words that suggests a double meaningHow the Technique Persuades:
Grabs the readers attention
The double meaning has a positive or negative connotation to the idea which helps influence the readers response - 25Reason and Logic Used to develop a sound indisputable argumentHow the Technique Persuades:
Positions the reader to accept the writers viewpoint as objectively true - 26Repetition Using the same word of phrase and idea to add emphasisHow the Technique Persuades:
Increases impact of a main point or key term
Can produce an insistent tone - 27Rhetorical Question A question with an implied but unstated answerHow the Technique Persuades:
Suggests the answer as self evident and therefore the reader must agree
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