WorksheetsPersuasive techniques
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Do we really want our road tolls to continue rising like this?
Pun
Anecdote
Rhetorical Question
Expert opinion
Having both male and female influences in a child's upbringing is extremely important. This is why traditional families raise more well-adjusted children.
Appeal to common sense
Appeal to Justice
Appeal to sense of fairness
Appeal to family values
The government is Blatantly pulling money from tax payers' wallets with these ridiculous taxes.
Attack
Appeal to the hip pocket
Appeal to fairness
Vulnerable group
Repetition
"It hurts the individual, it hurts the community and it hurts the country as a whole."
What is the effect on the reader?
Emphasises the writer's viewpoint
and captures attention
Makes the reader feel included
Is humorous to the reader
Evokes sympathy in the reader
'I couldn't believe it when I saw a driver zooming down the street, the driver was texting on his phone, holding a cup of coffee and steering with his knees'.
Reason and Logic
Emotive
Personal anecdote
Metaphor
"Using wind power to solve global warming is like putting a Band-Aid on a broken arm and expecting it to heal".
appeal to the hip pocket
Appealing to the environment
Simile
Metaphor
"Your help is needed urgently to save the community centre".
Short sharp sentence
Reason and logic
Emotive language
Call to action
There should be tougher penalties for leaving children in cars on hot days
Emotive language
Tone
Contention
Appeal to family values
Select the word that has the opposite connotation?
"Criminal"
"Psychopathic"
"Innocent"
"Violent"
Evidence: statistics, graphs, survey results supports the author's view making them appear well-informed and credible
88% of VCE students go on to attend University
Child obesity is on the increase we need to act now
Do we really want our road tolls to continue rising like this?
The city bound train was running late
Identify the technique of Inclusive Language?
'We all know that..'
'Our members have been doing their part to raise money for our club'
'Our neighbourhood should be safe for our children'
All of the above
Identify the text types
Opinion Piece
Letter to the Editor
Editorial
All of the above
Appeals to our sense of reason relying on logic to persuade, citing facts, figures and case studies.
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
What is a Contention?
The main line of argument in a text
A statement of the main idea being argued and debated
The writer's point of view on the issue
All of the above
Identify the Persuasive Technique "g'day", "She'll be right",
"arvo" & "bloke"
pun
emotive language
appeal to patriotism
Colloquial language
