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Persuasion Techniques
Flashcards do conjunto (13)
- 1Personal Pronouns'We', 'you', 'our' and 'us'
- 2Cause and EffectIf... then...
- 3Present TenseUsing present tense to give sense of urgency.
'Immigrants are pouring into the UK' - 4AlliterationRepeating consonant sounds at beginning of words to make stand out.
- 5TriplingWhen 3 adjectives or phrases are used together to make them stand out and memorable
- 6Emotive LanguageUse vocab that drives argument
- 7RepetitionWords or phrases are repeated so they stick in readers mind.
- 8HyperboleWhen info is slightly untrue/exaggerated.
- 9Technical Language"The man's pulmonary aorta collapsed, causing a fatal cardiac arrest" is better than "The man's heart went wrong and he died"
- 10Rhetorical QuestionsQuestions that don't need answering to make the audience think.
- 11Dare the reader to disagreeOnly use if argument is very strong.
• "If people continue to overuse their cars, insist on fossil fuels and base their diet on land- intensive farming methods, they’ll only have themselves to blame when climate change causes them to move house, won’t they?" - 12Powerful verbs / Strong adjectivesA simple change in descriptive vocabulary can make a big difference.
- 13Facts and figuresWhen truthful information is given to back up a point.
• E. g . 9 5 % o f pupils feel that there is too much homework.
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- KS4 (GCSE) Year 9 (English) FlashCards sobre Persuasion Techniques, criado por Oliver H em 17-05-2015.
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