AFOREST (persuasive) techniques

What technique is being used in the quotation below:

"Come to Spain now!"

• Rhetorical question

• Alliteration

• Command

• Simile

What technique is being used in the quotation below:

"Imagine that you were the one that needed help."

• direct address

• opinion

• the rule of three

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What technique is being used in the quotation below:

"I think it's unfair that zoos keep animals in such small cages. It's wrong that animals should be locked up."

• direct address

• opinion

• alliteration

• the rule of three

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What technique is being used in the quotation below:

"Corfu is one of the most beautiful, vibrant, and popular holiday destinations in Europe."

• statistic

• rule of three

• anecdote

• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What technique is being used in the quotation below:

"An innocent bystander suffered severe facial injuries after being knocked down by a hit and run driver."

• emotive language

• anecdote

• direct adress

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Short form of the persuasive devices

• AFORESTS

• AFOREST

• LOFOREST

• DAFOREST

Alliteration

• When a word contains the letter L a lot

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

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

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.

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!"