WorksheetsPersuasive Current Affair
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is it called when you take one point of view, use subjective language and personal opinions?
Point of view
Single-mindedness
Bias
Opinions
How might a current affair presenter hook the viewer and make them think about the perspective being addressed?
Rhetorical question
Opinion
Humour
Cut to archive footage
How do current affair presenters and the media strengthen their points and perspectives?
With a negative tone of voice
With funny remarks
With scathing and negative remarks
With facts and statistics
Use of interview or quotations from a relevant figure is helpful because...
It makes the perspectives and ideas more believable and creditable
It makes you remember the current affair more easily
It makes the story more interesting
It helps to create a narrative
Emotive language is effective and...
Appeals to opinions of the viewer
Appeals to conscience of the viewer
Appeals to the senses of the viewer
Appeals to emotions of the viewer
What kind of language is used to sensationalise ideas and make the current affair seem more dramatic.
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Intese language
Damning language
What do current affair presenters do to support their persuasive speeches?
Use footage to strengthen their points
Use voiceover to strengthen their points
Use graphics to strengthen their points
Use music to strengthen their points
What's is called when presenters use three powerful words or phrases one after the other for emphasis?
Rule of thirds
Three blind mice
Threes
Three little piggies
What helps viewers to remember the main message of the segment?
Realism
Rhetorical questions
Reptilians
Repetition
Is your group's current affair production complete?
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
