DAFOREST

DAFOREST

1. Direct address

   • This is when you are writing and addressing someone directly using the word “you”
     • Example: “You should know the dangers of smoking as it can affect all of us, even you”.

2. Statistics

   • Statistics can be best summed up as numbers used in conjunction with facts, Statistics can be any form of number but are commonly seen as percentages
     • Example: "92% of adults use Facebook"

3. Alliteration

   • Alliteration can be used to emphasise certain phrases or points
     • Example: "Cams coat is very cool

4. Facts

   • Facts are pieces of information that a is true and can be credited
     • Example: "“The British Heart Foundation has stated that if you eat at least one apple every day, you will reduce your risk of heart disease”

5. Three (Power of three)

   • Sometimes referred to the rule of three its when is when you place 3 adjectives one after the other for effect.
     • Example: “The new school dinner menu is delicious, nutrious, and affordable“

6. Emotive Language

   • Emotive language is language that will create an emotion in the reader or will show your emotion about the topic
     • Example: “Wouldn’t you like to be basking in the glorious beating rays of the warm Caribbean sun this summer?”

7. Opinions

   • An opinion is what somebody else thinks when it comes to a certain topic, some might agree or disagree. Most of the time its not true unlike facts its just what somebody thinks
     • Example: “I cannot live without my new trainers, they are the best purchase I have ever made!”

8. Rhetorical questions

   • These are used to make the reader think and in most cases can't be answered, it also helps to create effect.
     • Example: “Have you thought what it would be like to be homeless, with no money and no-one to turn to for support?”