Flashcards
Persuasive Devices
Flashcards do conjunto (17)
- 1Direct addressAdressing the reader directly or using pronouns such as we or you
- 2AlliterationA group of words which begin with the same letter or sound
- 3FactsSomething which can be proven true
- 4OpinionsA belief which cannot be proven true - someone's ideas
- 5Rhetorical QuestionA question which does not require a response
- 6Emotive languageWords which provoke an emotional response from the audience
- 7StatisticsNumerical facts and data used to support a fact
- 8Rule of ThreeList of three things in a sentence
- 9Metaphora statement in which two objects, often unrelated, are compared to each other
- 10Similetwo unrelated objects are being compared to each other. Unlike a metaphor, the comparison relies on the words “like” or “as”
- 11Personificationgiving human attributes to nonhuman objects
- 12Hyperbolean extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
- 13Repititiona word or phrase is used multiple times
- 14Modalityused to indicate the degree to which something is certain, possible or improbable
- 15AnecdoteAn account of a real event told in the form of a very brief story. Their effect is often to create an emotional or sympathetic response.
- 16Flatterycomplimenting your audience
- 17Imperative commandinstructional language
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- Key Stage 3 English FlashCards sobre Persuasive Devices, criado por Ibukun Oyetade em 30-04-2024.
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