Persuasive Devices

What is 'ambiguity'?

• Something unknown

• When something accidentally has two meanings

• Comparing something to an ambulance

• The speaker doesn't know what they are saying

Anaphora means....

• repeating a phrase at the end of sentences

• repeating a word or phrase, at the beginning of the following lines, phrases or clauses.

• repeating words over and over

• words with the same beginning sound follow each other

Antistrophe is when words or phrases are repeated...

• at the beginning of successive clauses

• in the middle of successive clauses

• at the end of successive clauses

• never

Circumlocution is when someone...

• avoids saying something directly but uses lots of words

• talks around the subject instead of addressing it

• has a lot to say but doesn't say what it is all about

• avoids saying something, talks around the subject, and has a lot to say without saying it directly. (all above)

Collective pronouns include...

• we, our, the team's

• his, her, it

• my, your, I

• all of the above

A didactic text is one that is...

• instructional and informative

• informative and fictional

• biblical

• a fantasy about death

Euphemism is a way of saying something...

• more youthful or in a trendy way e.g. 'eco warrior'

• more gently e.g. "Her grandmother has passed" (is dead)

Irony is a form of comedy where something is contrasted against what is expected. A good example of this is..

• a fire station burns down

• a dog wins a race

• your friends invites you to that party

Rhetoric is a word to describe language which...

• persuasive

• repetitive

• boring

Language which is too repetitive, where a statement is repeated over and over, is called...

• tautology

• rhetorical

• anaphora