Appeals
Common sense dictates that children should be taught about safety before they have a smartphone in their hands.
Appeal to common sense
It was found that 37 per cent of children under 12 have a smartphone.
Use of statistics
Lawmakers are letting little ones loose to lose their way.
Alliteration
In images, what colour is used to represent menace or evil?
Black
It is the brutality of social media that is the issue.
Emotive / Connotative language
It is only fair that the government changes the law because social media has caused too much harm already.
Appeal to justice / fairness
Dr Andrew Stokes knows that young adults who use e-cigarettes are more likely to develop respiratory issues within a year of vaping.
Use of an expert/authority
If we continue to allow our children to spend prolonged use on devices, we will have a future generation of poor readers with myopia.
Inclusive language
Deliberate exaggeration in an image can be called the use of... ?
Hyperbole or caricature
So why on earth are parents giving even younger children smartphones?
Rhetorical question
The dangers are well documented, and unlike laptops, phones offer children pocket-sized, round-the-clock, unfettered access to the online world.
Appeal to fear
One study revealed that many parents do not read to their 3-6 year olds, as they are too tired, despite being informed that nightly reading improves literacy skills.
Research / case study
There is nothing sweet about the new sugar tax.
Pun
What colour is used in images to represent Nature or the natural world?
Green
We have heard our children, we have heard other parents and we have heard enough from politicians who do nothing.
Repetition
Back in my day, we didn’t have phones to distract us from our learning. Pens, books and paper was all we needed.
Appeal to tradition and custom
We don’t send our kids to the beach without teaching them how to swim, so we shouldn’t let them have phones without teaching them about phone safety.
Analogy
Kids are navigating the wild west when alone on their phones.
Metaphor
When a dove is used to represent peace, this is the use of ...?
All children are losing sleep because they own a phone.
Generalisation
The government needs to make the well-being of families a top priority to ensure parents have the time and resources they need to care for their children.
Appeal to family values
As a mother of two I can attest to the logistics of trying to juggle it all, and keep kids off phones.
Use of an expert / anecdote
Now it’s time to evolve our relationship to friends, rather than star-crossed lovers.
Allusion
Labels or speech/voice bubbles or captions
Parents need to be the pilots not the passengers of these digital planes.
Metaphor