Persuasive Techniques

An opinion is

• Something that is true

• Something that can be proven

• Something that is personal to your own beliefs

• Something you should keep to yourself

'Subjective' means

• To be neutral

• To be factual

• To be biased

• To be indifferent

'Objective' means

• To be biased

• To be over-powering

• To be neutral

• To be indifferent

'Indifferent means

• To care passionately about your point of view

• To be unbiased in your point of view

• To be neutral in your point of view

• You don't have a point of view

Emotive language is

• swear words

• insults

• compliments

• all of the above

Trying to undermine someone's point of view is called

• bad manners

• larding someone with praise

• mocking your opponent

• hypocritical

An anecdote is

• a short true story about yourself

• a short true story about somebody else

• a false story about yourself

• a false story about somebody else

Which of the following cannot be disputed

• An anecdote and a fact

• A fact and an opinion

• An opinion and a statistic

• A statistic and an opinion

Adjectives

• describe

• offer a choice

• influence your opinion

• all of the above

A superlative strengthens the appeal of an adjective by making it the 'worst' or the 'best'. Which of the following is not a superlative

• The food was terrible.

• The food was most delightful.

• The food was the worst.

• The food the best.