Persuasive Language Techniques

What would be the appropriate analogy for a situation that is difficult?

• Organising students in an emergency is like herding sheep in a thunderstorm.

• Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.

• Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

• If people were like rain, I was like drizzle and she was a hurricane.

Which one of the following is an overused expression, often colloquial?

• Exaggeration

• Emotive language

• Cliche

• Anecdote

'Fair dinkum', 'snag' and 'pluggers' are all examples of what?

• Alliteration

• Groups of three

• Colloquial language

• Evidence

Find the emotive language in this sentence.

"The mass slaughter of poor, defenceless creatures to feed the masses, is appalling."

• 'mass slaughter', 'poor, defenceless'

• 'creatures', 'appalling'

• 'creatures', 'the masses'

• 'poor, defenceless', 'appalling'

Which of these is a generalisation?

• Maths can be difficult for some students.

• The human body can survive three days without water.

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• All Australians love a barbecue.

Inclusive language includes the use of words such as...

• 'We, our and us'

• 'You, them and I'

• 'We, they, them'

• 'I, we, us'

Jargon is...

• A word used to compare two things.

• A technique used to exaggerate.

• The technical language of an industry, often used to intimidate or to make the speaker seem knowledgeable or important.

• The specific terminology used by experts when introducing evidence.

Which example of loaded language best fits with the description of something being 'bad'?

• Agony

• Dreadful

• Slashed

• Superior

Which of the following would be an example of satire?

• Referring to the housing of asylum seekers at Manus Island as a 'free holiday'.

• An attack on Scott Morrison's character.

• Referring to multiple examples and statistics.

• Using the word, 'Unbeelievable' in a headline about bee attacks.

Which one of these questions is rhetorical

• What time is it?

• Where is the toilet?

• What do you want to be when you grow up?

• When will the government learn that its purpose is to serve the people?