Persuasive Techniques Review

What is the writer's position on a persuasive topic or prompt?

• Counterargument

• Thesis

• Supporting argument

• Evidence

What are reasons that back up your thesis called?

• Thesis

• Counterargument

• Supporting arguments

• Evidence

What is it called when you raise the opposite viewpoint and 'knock it back'?

• Loaded Terms

• Claim

• Statistics

• Counterargument

This is an indirect comparison of two unlike things by saying that one 'is' the other.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

This is a direct comparison of two unlike things which uses words such as "like" or "as".

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Simile

This term is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of more than one word in a row.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Simile

Which persuasive technique is this?

Using words like ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘our’ and ‘us’ to make your audience think you are talking only to them.

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Exaggeration

• Personal Pronouns

Which persuasive technique is this?

To go over the top and make things sound better or worse than they are.

• Emotive language

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole or exaggeration

• Personal pronouns

Which persuasive technique is this?

When three adjectives or descriptive words are used together to make them stand out.

• Rhetorical questions

• Criticise others' ideas

• Repetition

• Rule of three

Which persuasive technique is this?

Repeating words or phrases so that they stick in your audience’s mind.

• Rule of three

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Emotive language