WorksheetsYear 9 Persuasive Techniques re-cap
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 18mins
Who is the target audience in this advertisement?
Children
Animals
Robots
Adults
Identify the target audience for this ad
Parents
Clowns
Babies
Basketball players
What is ethos
Appeals using crediblity, trust
Appeals using logic or facts
Appeal to emotion
A Greek word meaning emotional
What is logos?
Appeals using emotion
Appeals using facts and logic
Appeals using trust and crediblity
What is pathos?
Appeals to your emotions
Appeals using trust and credibility
Appeals using facts
What is this an example of?
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
Which two techniques add emphasis to sounds of words or important points in order to make it more memorable.
Symbolism & metaphor
Simile & puns
Irony & sarcasm
Alliteration & assonance
What is the difference between analogy and simile?
Analogy is questioning the audience to engage them to reflect on the question. Simile is the verb for curving your mouth and lips upwards when you're happy.
Simile and analogy are similar in that they are likening one thing to another for audiences to see the connection between comparisons. However, simile uses 'like', analogy does not.
Simile and analogy are simile in that they are likening one thing to another for audiences to see the connection between comparisons. However, analogy uses 'like', simile does not.
Analogy means to say a personal story, whereas simile is when a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
The term that refers to an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its
literal meaning.
Symbolisms
Connotations
Adjectives
Synonyms
Use of informal, casual or local language used everyday which can help the audience identify with the author. This can include common phrases and clichés.
Irony
Rhetorical questions
Colloquial language
Formal language
What do we use persuasive language for?
To interest people in a topic
To intimidate others
To convince others, share our values and adopt our way of thinking
To frustrate people
Evidence is...
A powerful opinion
A personal story
Research findings, statistics and anecdotal evidence
Depends on the person
An example of inclusive language is...
you
I am
We
Rhetorical questions are...
Questions that are contraversial
Questions that require an answer from the audience
Questions that are not intended to be answered
A way to disengage the audience
"We are going to slaughter you in the next football match" is an example of ...
A positively connotated word
A negatively connotated word
An example of humour is...
Puns
Irony
Sarcasm
Satire
All of the above
Using words like ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘our’ and ‘us’ to make your audience think you are talking only to them.
To go over the top and make things sound better or worse than they are.
Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty.
What is this an example of?
If I get one more homework task I am going to move to the moon!
Metaphor
Formal Tone
Hyperbole
Alliteration
95% of pupils feel that there is too much homework.
a short account or story is
an anecdote
a cliché
a euphemism
appeal
Which of the following terms has a positive connotation?
freedom fighter
terrorist
"We all have a role to play to conserve our precious resources." This is an example of
inclusive language
exclusive language
sarcasm
attack
Which of the following phrases has a negative connotation?
'health issue'
'health crisis'
"Citizenship was tossed around like confetti." This is
a metaphor
a simile
