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Year Ten Persuasive Writing Techniques
Year Ten Persuasive Writing Techniques
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The students are tested on these basic persuasive techniques.
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Hyperbole is:
The use of humour.
the use of exaggeration to make a point.
The use of a question to position the reader
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Repetition of the sound at the beginning of words near each other is called?
Rhythm
Assonance
Alliteration
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What is the technique of triggering emotional responses through contradictory situations?
Imagery
Irony
Empathy
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The repetition of the vowel sounds in words near each other is called?
Assonance
Alliteration
Irony
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Examples of personal pronouns include:
Now, Then, Soon
There, Here
We, Us, You
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The following are examples of statistics used to persuade:
10% of respondents felt they had improved.
In 2016, many felt they'd improved overall.
In 2016, 10% of year twelve students felt they had improved.
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What is the use of questions as a way of engaging and positioning readers called?
Reasoning
Irony
Rhetorical questions
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An imperative is:
a rhetorical question.
A signal to guide the reader around the text.
a command to the reader.
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What is the rule of three sometimes called?
Quadratic structure
Triaded
Triadic structure
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An anecdote is:
A story based on experience which can be used to position
The word for when we use emotions to position a reader.
A form of punctuation that separates similar ideas.
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High Modal Verbs persuade you to take actions. Examples are:
You went there
You should act now
You could act
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Repetition is:
When we use the words 'you', 'you're' or 'me'.
When you acknowledge and counter the reader's position.
repeating words or phrases to create emphasis.
