Persuasive Language

When you persuade, you can afford to be more ...

• Humourous

• Emotional

• Factual

• Angry

A rhetorical question is ...

• A question that doesn't need an answer

• A question that makes the audience laugh

• A question to make the audience think

• A question that is followed by an answer

What technique is this: 99% of 8E find the Star Wars jokes funny.

• Rhetorical question

• Statistics

• Alliteration

• Quoting an expert

What technique is this: Professor Makwana said, "This is the most fun we've had in years!"

• Expert opinion

• Alliteration

• Statistics

• Rhetorical question

What technique is this: Failing to recycle is the worst crime you can commit.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Rhetorical question

• Simile

What technique is this: It's up to you, 8E, to fight for your parks and open spaces.

• Flattery

• Hyperbole

• Emotive language

• Direct address

What technique is this: Ben is a witty, kind and clever student.

• Hyperbole

• Tripling

• Alliteration

• Flattery

What technique is this: Dan dives deep when he dredges up drinks bottles.

• Alliteration

• Flattery

• Emotive language

• Simile

What technique is this: English with 8E is light a light in the darkness of my day.

• Emotive language

• Flattery

• Metaphor

• Simile

What technique is this: We all have to work together to help Sidney have something to cheer about.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Including the audience

• Simile