Persuasive Speech Techniques

A commercial about abandoned animals needing a shelter of a forever home. They ask for a small donation to help these struggling animals. 

• Celebrity Endorsement
• Emotional Appeal
• Testimonial
• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Justin Bieber encouraging people to buy the newest iPod that just reached the market with all its cool new gadgets.

• Testimonial
• Emotional Appeal
• Celebrity Endorsement
• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A professional tennis player explaining the benefits of the newest tennis racket on the market.

• Celebrity Endorsement
• Emotional Appeal
• Testimonial
• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Royal's promoting their team for the next season by telling people to come join the team because everyone else has.

• Humor
• Testimonial
• Bandwagon
• Emotional Appeal

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which persuasive technique is this?
Using words like ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘our’ and ‘us’ to make your audience think you are talking only to them.

• Repetition
• Alliteration
• Exaggeration
• Personal Pronouns

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which persuasive technique is this?
When you pick holes in your opposition’s argument so that your point of view sounds better.

• Rhetorical questions
• Criticise other points of view
• Groups of three
• Emotive language

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which persuasive technique is this?
To go over the top and make things sound better or worse than they are.

• Emotive language
• Alliteration
• Exaggeration
• Personal pronouns

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which persuasive technique is this?
When three adjectives or phrases are used together to make them stand out.

• Rhetorical questions
• Criticise others' ideas
• Repetition
• Groups of three

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which persuasive technique is this?
Repeating words or phrases so that they stick in your audience’s mind.

• Groups of three
• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Emotive language

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which persuasive technique is this?
Repeating the consonant sounds at the beginning of words to make them stand out.

• Alliteration
• Exaggeration
• Groups of three
• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4