How it persuades | Appeal to self-interest (select all that apply)

The audience is often made to feel threatened by the opposition’s point of view or agenda

Positions people to consider their own interests above those of others

Can sometimes be used to arouse anger, guilt and fear

May also be used to provoke interest in a proposal, particularly if people think they might benefit financially from it

May position the audience to feel indignant about those who want to raise prices, and suspicious of their true motives

How it persuades | Appeal to patriotism (select all that apply)

Can sometimes be used to arouse anger, guilt and fear

Arouses strong emotions of pride and loyalty

Positions people to feel that it would be disloyal to their country to disagree with the writer

The audience is often made to feel threatened by the opposition’s point of view or agenda

Positions people to consider their own interests above those of others

How it persuades | Appeal to justice (select all that apply)

Positions the audience to agree that the punishment should fit the crime

Arouses anger at a perceived injustice

Can sometimes be used to arouse anger, guilt and fear

Positions people to consider their own interests above those of others

Arouses strong emotions of pride and loyalty

How it persuades | Appeal to hip pocket nerve (select all that apply)

May provoke strong emotions such as outrage at being exploited or cheated

May position the audience to feel indignant about those who want to raise prices, and suspicious of their true motives

May also be used to provoke interest in a proposal, particularly if people think they might benefit financially from it

Positions the audience to agree that the punishment should fit the crime

Positions people to consider their own interests above those of others

VCE English Persuasive Techniques Review Overall Review 1

Authored by Qianrui Long

English

9th - 12th Grade

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Definition of Appeal to tradition and customs | Places a high value on the [fill in] and one's heritage; suggests that abandoning tradition is damaging to society.

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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1 min • 1 pt

How it persuades - Appeal to tradition and customs | Encourages the audience to [fill in] change and to feel that links with the past should be retained

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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1 min • 1 pt

How it persuades - Appeal to tradition and customs | Sometimes [fill in] the past and rejects modern ways of doing things

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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1 min • 1 pt

Definition - Assumption | An idea or statement that someone takes for [fill in] as being true.

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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1 min • 1 pt

How it persuades - Assumption | States ideas as if they are [fill in] truths - facts that need no supporting evidence

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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1 min • 1 pt

Definition - Attack or praise | Criticism or [fill in] of an individual or group

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CCSS.RL.5.6

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How it persuades - Attack or praise | Attack: positions the audience to think badly of a particular group and therefore to [fill in] their ideas

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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VCE English Persuasive Techniques Review Overall Review 1

Definition of Appeal to tradition and customs | Places a high value on the [fill in] and one's heritage; suggests that abandoning tradition is damaging to society.

How it persuades - Appeal to tradition and customs | Encourages the audience to [fill in] change and to feel that links with the past should be retained

How it persuades - Appeal to tradition and customs | Sometimes [fill in] the past and rejects modern ways of doing things

Definition - Assumption | An idea or statement that someone takes for [fill in] as being true.

How it persuades - Assumption | States ideas as if they are [fill in] truths - facts that need no supporting evidence

Definition - Attack or praise | Criticism or [fill in] of an individual or group

How it persuades - Attack or praise | Attack: positions the audience to think badly of a particular group and therefore to [fill in] their ideas

Definition - Begging the question | Bases an argument on a [fill in] that is the same as the conclusion.

Definition of appeal to tradition and customs

Places a high value on the past and one’s heritage; suggests that abandoning tradition is damaging to society.

Definition of assumption

An idea or statement that someone takes for granted as being true.

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