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Persuasive Techniques
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The main points we make in persuasive writing are called:
Issues
Arguments
Ideas
Evidence
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Why do writers use rhetorical questions?
They want the reader to answer the question.
Because the answer is so obvious that you must adopt their point of view.
Because they've run out of ideas.
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Being 'over-the-top' to get your point across is?
Emotive words
Exaggeration
Humour
Statistics
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Debaters use persuasive techniques.
True
False
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Statistics are a form of evidence used in persuasive writing.
False
True
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The word 'barbaric' has a positive connotation.
True
False
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Identify the two emotive words in the following sentence. The vicious dog savaged the postman.
Vicious dog.
the postman.
Vicious, savaged.
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Alliteration is the repetition of the first sound in consecutive words.
True
False
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Writers repeat words or phrases to emphasis their argument.
True
False
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The TONE of a piece of writing refers to:
The use of statistics.
The writer's point of view.
The overall feeling of a piece of writing.
An argument.
