The Art of Rhetoric

Uckfield students are enthusiastic, hardworking and studious.

• Rule of three

• Alliteration

• Rhetorical question

• Emotive language

Persuasive writing is a ridiculously riotous tool to learn.

• Rhetorical question

• Alliteration

• Rule of three

• Anecdote

You need to fix this problem

• Emotive language

• Experts

• Statistic

• Direct address

What is alliteration?

• Writing with a clear rythmn

• Not repeating the same sound in a sentence

• Repeating the same sound or letter in consecutive words

• Another pointless tool Mrs Stone has taught us

"The issue of women's rights is so important to me because of my childhood - I was not allowed to go to school because I was a girl."

• Figurative language

• Fact

• Statistic

• Anecdote

What is the effect of Direct Address?

• It makes the audience feel like they're being personally spoken to therefore making them more likely to feel emotionally connected to your argument.

• It creates a hostile environment.

• It makes sure your Amazon parcel gets delivered on time

• It's fun and makes the audience more likely to listen because they live in a constant state of fear that you'll start talking to them at any second...

This is a shocking tragedy.

• Emotive language

• Direct address

• Simile

• Fact

What is the rule of three?

• Only mentioning three points to your argument.

• Saying things in lists of three to make them more impactful.

• Talking to three different people in the audience.

• Only speaking for a minimum for three minutes.

51% of UK citizens voted to leave the EU

• Fact

• Opinion

• Statistic

• Forceful phrase

This snow is never-ending!

• Emotive language

• Alliteration

• Anecdote

• Exagerration