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Persuasive Writing - A Forest

This document provides an overview of persuasive writing techniques and their intended effects. It lists different techniques such as using personal pronouns to strengthen or unite an argument, employing alliteration to focus attention, including anecdotes to add authenticity, citing facts to increase plausibility, stating opinions to add personal investment, asking rhetorical questions to provoke thought, repeating information for emphasis and clarity, using emotive language to engage emotions, exaggerating to heighten emotions, citing statistics to garner support, following the rule of three for emphasis and memorability, and establishing an appropriate tone to draw in the audience. The document examines the effects that each technique has on persuasive writing.

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Persuasive Writing - A Forest

This document provides an overview of persuasive writing techniques and their intended effects. It lists different techniques such as using personal pronouns to strengthen or unite an argument, employing alliteration to focus attention, including anecdotes to add authenticity, citing facts to increase plausibility, stating opinions to add personal investment, asking rhetorical questions to provoke thought, repeating information for emphasis and clarity, using emotive language to engage emotions, exaggerating to heighten emotions, citing statistics to garner support, following the rule of three for emphasis and memorability, and establishing an appropriate tone to draw in the audience. The document examines the effects that each technique has on persuasive writing.

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Persuasive Writing

P PERSONAL PRONOUNS (WE, YOU, US, THEY). EFFECT: STRENGTHEN, BEFRIEND, UNITE & SEPARATE.
“You can make a difference.”

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ALLITERATION (WORDS BEGINNING WITH THE SAME SOUND) EFFECT: EMPHASISES/FOCUSES ATTENTION ON POINT

A “A really rich and rewarding opportunity”


ANECDOTE A SHORT PERSONAL STORY/MEMORY EFFECT: ADDS AUTHENTICITY/RELATABILITY. CAN BE EVOCATIVE
“I’ll always remember year 7, because that was the year I was horrendously bullied. I know what it feels like to…”

F FACTS (SOMETHING WE KNOW OR HAVE PROVEN TO BE TRUE) EFFECT: ADDS PLAUSIBILITY TO AN ARGUMENT
“We know/it has been proven/research has shown that… English is the best subject.”

O OPINION (ADVICE/PERSONAL VIEW) EFFECT: ADDS PERSONAL/RELATABLE EVIDENCE/INVESTMENT


“I strongly believe that we need to…”

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS (QUESTION ASKED FOR EFFECT). EFFECT: ENGAGE, PROVOKES THOUGHT
“How many more elephants have to die before we start enforcing harsher punishments on the ivory trade?”

R REPETITION / REITERATION (REPEATING INFORMATION) EFFECT: EMPHASIS & CLARITY


“It is everybody’s responsibility to keep our school clean, and everybody can do more.”
“Research has found that 65% of girls…” “If 65% of girls are more likely too…”

EMOTIVE LANGUAGE (ENGAGES AUDIENCES/READER’S EMOTIONS) EFFECT: HELPS CREATE SUPPORT/OPPOSITION


“An innocent bystander was brutally attacked by a violent thug by Tesco’s last Tuesday.”

E EXAGERATION/HYPERBOLE (STATEMENTS/CLAIMS NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY) EFFECT: DRAMATIC, HEIGHTENS


EMOTIONS, MORE INTENSE
“I died from laughing when I learnt that…” “This week I had six tonnes of homework to do – it’s too much!”

S STATISTICS (PERCENTAGES, FRACTIONS) EFFECT: ADDS PLAUSIBILITY AND GARNERS SUPPORT FOR ARGUMENT.
“74% of people agree...”

THREE (RULE OF) (LISTING IN GROUPS OF THREE) EFFECT: MEMORABLE, CONCISE, EMPHASIS

T “Fast, convenient and secure”.

TONE (THE ATTITUDE OF A PIECE OF WRITING) EFFECT: DRAWS IN THE AUDIENCE


Sincere, ironic, sarcastic, sentimental, enthusiastic, apathetic, bossy, instructive, assertive, outraged…

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