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Persuasive Writing Techniques
Persuasive Writing Techniques
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A Secondary level quiz on techniques used to make writing more persuasive. Beneficial to years 8-12.
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If you look at the amount of people who recycle at home, only 23% of these items are viable for making recycled paper.
Lists
Rhetorical Question
Statistics
Imagery
2
Has there ever been a time when we've had true equality?
Hyperbole
Emotive Language
Rhetorical Question
Punctuation
3
Three years of tough jobs, rough sleeping and barely enough food, made us thankful for the reassignment to lab work.
Alliteration
Sibilance
Rhyme
Direct Address
4
If I hadn't read that email, our government would have never released the information.
Rule of Three
Short Sentence
Statistics
Personal Pronouns
5
The alps were like humongous shards of shrapnel embedded in the clouds.
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Emotive Language
6
I look back to my own experience in London, and how the events of my holiday there changed my views on curry.
Direct Address
Opinion
Alliteration
Anecdote
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Take a minute, think about your stance on the issue.
Imperative / Command
Rule of Three
Anecdote
Personal Pronouns
8
If you eat, sleep, repeat, you'll have a rather boring life.
Exclamatory Statement
Short Sentence
Personal Pronoun
Rule of Three
9
It's up to you to speak out against hate and discrimination. Otherwise you can't expect anything to change.
Rhetorical Question
Imperative (Command)
Hyperbole
Direct Address
10
In an ideal situation, safety would be guaranteed, yet the path swarmed with horrifying, traumatising trials...
Rule of Three
Sibilance
Fact
Emotive Language
11
Due to the rising prices in oil, growers have been cutting down on their production, and we have noticed the shortage.
Metaphor
Statistics
Fact
Opinion
12
My understanding is that the aquarium does not care about the animals.
Emotive Lanhuage
Lists
Facts
Opinion
13
After my snooze I took my poodle with me to the pool.
Rule of Three
Rhyme
Assonance
Sibilance
14
The mist consumed his phantom figure.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Exclamatory Sentence
Sensory Language
15
"Take 10 minutes every day to practise your French," says Dr Lingo, University College London.
Expert Opinion
Fact
Dialogue
Hyperbole
