Persuasive Devices

1,700 African-Americans joined in on

the boycott.

• Statistics and Figures

• Rhetorical Question

• Tricolon

You could not imagine the kind of determination required to accomplish this feat unless you were in her shoes and you had to think on your feet.

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Question

• Personal Pronouns

Jaiden showed unrivaled bravery and courage as he fought valiantly: determined to never give up.

• Emotive Language

• Statistics and Figures

• Tricolon

Have you even considered what it would feel like to be in constant pain every day of your life?

• Emotive Language

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

To be the voice that tells us not to give up. To be the voice of reason when we think we are having a bad day. To be the voice of change in our own lives.

• Tricolon

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

Do you realise how lucky we are to have had somebody like this in our lives?

• Rhetorical Question

• Personal Pronoun

• Repetition

Martin Luther King is inspirational based on his ability to fight for what he believes in, his courage to stand up for his fellow African-Americans, and his unyielding determination.

• Tricolon

• Repetition

• Statistics and Figures

The American Burn Association states that roughly 450,000 patients receive hospital and emergency room treatment for burns each year.

• Emotive Language

• Statistics and Figures

• Rhetorical Question

Her genius discovery was miraculous and life-changing.

• Tricolon

• Emotive Language

• Statistics and Figures

Let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado.

• Emotive Language

• Tricolon

• Repetition