GCSE Persuasive Techniques

This device makes your argument sound more credible and believable. It uses the opinions of people who know the subject, or the results of surveys and research, to be persuasive.

• Quote experts and statistics

• Opinion

• Rhetorical Question

• Emotive language

This device uses ‘over the top’ language to exaggerate the situation and be more persuasive.

• Rule of Three

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Anecdote

This device is a poetic technique which uses words which begin with the same letter for a powerful effect

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Pronoun

What is the name of this device?

“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Contrast

• Antithesis

What is the name of this device?

“We all like to look good, don’t we?”

• Uncertain Question

• Pronoun

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

This device is a very short story that is significant to the topic at hand; usually adding personal knowledge or experience to the topic.

• Personal experience

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Short story

This device is a joke based on the interplay of homophones — words with the same pronunciation but different meanings.

• Rhyme

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Pun