Rhetorical Devices

Three nouns, adjectives or verbs will be used in a list within a sentence.

The technique of repeating the same word and phrase

The writer incorporates aspects of their personal experience into the text – look for ‘I’

The writer involves the reader by relating the subject to their lives "You,we,us,our". Options: Audience Involvement, Personal involvement, Facts and statistics, Expert opinion.

Information and data, that can be proved to be true

The knowledge of an expert is referred to by the writer

The writer uses superlatives and adjectives to make a situation seem much worse / better than it really is.

Language that is used to create a particular emotional response in the reader

Ideas are presented in a way that seems opposite to what is really meant

A joking use of a word sounding the same as another