Evaluative Language

Evaluative language seeks to persuade readers’ attitudes either...

• badly

• positively or negatively

• true

• just because

Evaluative language persuades by using our...

• judgments on a person

• bananas

• emotions, feelings, opinions

• feet

Prince William and Princess Kate: Their Perfect Day"

- choose the evaluative word

• their

• perfect

• day

• none of these

What is evaluative language?

• Positive or negative language that judges the worth of something.

• Negative language that describes something.

• Positive language that is used in describing people.

Which of the underlined words are evaluative?

• This man

• The man over there

• An awful man

What is the main purpose for using evaluative language?

• To show differences between things.

• To influence the reader's opinion about the subject.

• Both A and B.