Persuasive techniques

Do we really want our road tolls to continue rising like this?

• Pun

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical Question

• Expert opinion

Having both male and female influences in a child's upbringing is extremely important. This is why traditional families raise more well-adjusted children.

• Appeal to common sense

• Appeal to Justice

• Appeal to sense of fairness

• Appeal to family values

The government is Blatantly pulling money from tax payers' wallets with these ridiculous taxes.

• Attack

• Appeal to the hip pocket

• Appeal to fairness

• Vulnerable group

Repetition

"It hurts the individual, it hurts the community and it hurts the country as a whole."

What is the effect on the reader?

• Emphasises the writer's viewpoint

  and captures attention

• Makes the reader feel included

• Is humorous to the reader

• Evokes sympathy in the reader

'I couldn't believe it when I saw a driver zooming down the street, the driver was texting on his phone, holding a cup of coffee and steering with his knees'.

• Reason and Logic

• Emotive

• Personal anecdote

• Metaphor

"Using wind power to solve global warming is like putting a Band-Aid on a broken arm and expecting it to heal".

• appeal to the hip pocket

• Appealing to the environment

• Simile

• Metaphor

"Your help is needed urgently to save the community centre".

• Short sharp sentence

• Reason and logic

• Emotive language

• Call to action

There should be tougher penalties for leaving children in cars on hot days

• Emotive language

• Tone

• Contention

• Appeal to family values

Select the word that has the opposite connotation?

• "Criminal"

• "Psychopathic"

• "Innocent"

• "Violent"

Evidence: statistics, graphs, survey results supports the author's view making them appear well-informed and credible

• 88% of VCE students go on to attend University

• Child obesity is on the increase we need to act now

• Do we really want our road tolls to continue rising like this?

• The city bound train was running late