Persuasive techniques

Alliteration

• When a word contains the letter L a lot

• Repeating the same letter many times. E.g 'Billy bought Ben back before Bingo".

Anectode

• A story about antelopes

• A short story that is very biased

• A short account or story of an entertaining or interesting incident

Cliches

• A word that makes the reader confused

• An expression that is used a lot such as "fit as a fiddle".

• A long story that goes no where

Colourful words/descriptive language

• Something very uninteresting

• Something that is heightened or made more interesting by the use of words used to describe it.

• A word that describes a colour

Emotional appeals

• Makes the reader feel nothing

• The reader is left not knowing what has happened and feels confused

• The reader becomes emotional because of the way something is written. They could become happy, excited or sad based on the way something is described.

Emotive language

• Language that only talks about crying and sad things to make the reader sad.

• The use of strong words to play on the readers emotions and feelings.

Evidence

• Writing something that you made up to make the reader believe something happened.

• Information, statistics, facts or statements used to support your arguments.

• Using graphs and numbers.

Exaggeration

• Making something sound less extreme than it actually is.

• Writing in a way that makes the reader believe the opposite of what you are trying to say.

• Making something sound way more interesting than what actually happened. E.g "He ran so fast his feet left the ground!"

Generalisation

• A general statement that claims that whatever being said is true for most or a majority.

• Talking about the commander of an army in your story.

• A statement that talks about something that is not true.

Inclusive language

• A story that is about including people in a particular activity. E.g "I included her in my game of handball because she was standing on her own."

• Language that works well together.

• Including the reader/audience in the story. Engaging them and making them feel involved in what is going on.