Persuasive Techniques

When something tries to remind you of a happy, past event, the author is appealing to your sense of ____________________.

• understatement
• overstatement
• nostalgia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When someone writes or says that same thing over and over and over and over again, it is called, is called, is called . . . 

• glittering generalities
• fallacious reasoning
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

A counter argument is

• what the writer believes
• An argument against the claim
• what the author is writing about
• part of a poem

An advertisement that uses this will help you see the facts and help you understand why you need the product.

• Pathos
• ethos
• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This term means an appeal to emotion.

• pathos
• logos
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A statement that makes things seem less that they actually are _______________.

• overstatement
• nostalgia
• understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When writers use positive, vague words to convince readers of something, such as when a product is labeled "all natural," they are using ___________________  ____________________

• nostalgia
• ethos appeal
• glittering generalities

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

exaggeration

• a short, simple explanation
• overstatement
• circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

When you use the claim you are trying to make as proof of that claim, you are using circular reasoning.  Which of these do you think does this?

• Prius is a great car because it is well made, safe, and gets good gas mileage.
• The mayor wants a mall in our town for more money. The fact that he wants this mall is proof that he is greedy.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

A position of strong feeling for or against an issue may mean you have a ____.

• evidence
• bias
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5