Persuasive Techniques and Claims

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which persuasive technique is this?
Using words that make people feel sad, angry, upset, sympathetic or guilty.

• Rhetorical questions
• Emotive language
• Personal pronouns
• Exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which persuasive technique is this?
Using questions that don’t need an answer to get the audience to think.

• Emotive language
• Rhetorical questions
• Criticise others' views
• Alliteratio

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is this an example of?
Homework is boring, dull and uninteresting.

• Exaggeration
• Repetition
• Emotive Language
• Groups of Three

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3