Persuasive techniques

What is the writer using when the reader feels that the writing is speaking directly to them?

• Hyperbole

• Personal Pronouns

• Facts/statistics

• Appealing to emotions

What is Alliteration

• A personal viewpoint often presented as if fact

• The use of words ending with the same letter or sound

• The use of words beginning with the same letter or sound

• Language that appeals to the readers emotions

Why is repetition used by writers?

• To increase the length of their writing

• Writers often repeat words and phrases to distract readers

• Writers often repeat words and phrases to make their work interesting

• Writers often repeat words and phrases to emphasize particular ideas

What is emotive language?

• Language that makes the reader cry

• Exaggerated words and phrases

• A phrase used to describe any words that have an emotional effect on an audience

• A phrase used to describe any words that have a negative effect on an audience

As a writer why might you include an expert opinion in your work?

• An expert opinion is engaging for a reader

• An expert opinion can help to make arguments more persuasive and credible

• Expert opinions improve your writing

• An expert opinion can help to make arguments less effective

What is a Rhetorical questions?

• An open ended question

• A question that doesn’t need to be answered

• A closed question

• A questions with many answers

The goal of persuasive writing is to...?

• Entertain

• Convince

• Explain

• Instruct

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

These are techniques used in speaking or writing to persuade individals or groups to see things a certain way.

• strategic  techniques
• persuasive techniques
• convincing techniques
• emotional techniques

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

A short interesting story is called an

• Alliteration
• Oximoron
• Anecdote
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

100% of the class is participating in this quiz is a...

• Fact
• Statistic
• Percentage
• Semi colon