DAFOREST
PERSUASIVE METHODS
LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES
ARTICLES
NEWSPAPER
100

What technique is being used in the quotation below:


"I think it's unfair that zoos keep animals in such small cages. It's wrong that animals should be locked up."

what is: Opinion

100

Don't you want the best for your baby?

Is an example of what persuasive method?

what is pathos: an appeal to emotion

100

"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?

what is: Simile

100

How old was the watercress girl?

what is 8 years old

100

what is a headline?

what is:  a short, attention-getting statement about the event. 

200

What technique is being used in the quotation below : The Rip-Roarin' rollercoaster is popular with teenagers and it's not hard to see why!

what is: alliteration

200

which persuasive method is an appeal to credibility or character...

what is: Ethos

200

If you were bullied by another kid on the playground, and afterwards your friend came over and said "I'll bet you loved that" and you said "Of course", what type of irony were you employing?

what is: verbal irony

200

who was on the poster of the beauty pageant girl's room?

what is Miley Cyrus

200

what is a byline?

what is: telling who wrote the story below the headline and above the article itself. 

300

What technique is being used in the quotation below:


"Imagine that you were the one that needed help."

what is: Direct address

300

what persuasive method is commonly found in toothpaste advertisements?

what is: Logos

300

"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary device?

what is: Personification

300

In the first article we read this unit what was the profession of the person they quoted in the article? What did she say about the job?

what is a florist. She was quoted as calling the profession recession proof. 

300

what needs to be included in the lead paragraph?

what is the 5 Ws: who, what, when, where, and why (and sometimes plus how).

400

"You need to stop, look and listen before crossing the road" is an example of what DAFOREST technique?



what is: Rule of 3

400

identify the persuasive technique found in the advertisement to follow

what is ethos

400

"If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is an example of what type of literary device?

what is: hyperbole

400

which famous American politician played "among us" as a means to try to encourage young people to vote?

who is: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 

400

what is a cutline?

what is: the caption to a photograph or other illustration. 

500

what does DAFOREST stand for?

what is: direct address, alliteration, facts, opinions, rhetorical questions, emotive language, statistics, and rule of three. 

500

what persuasive method is found in the following ad?

what is: Pathos

500

come up with 3 different examples of a metaphor

what is:
His words cut deeper than a knife.
I feel the stench of failure coming on.
I'm drowning in a sea of grief.

500

what was the headline of the beauty pageant article we read yesterday?

what is: Living Dolls: inside the world of child beauty pageants

500

describe the inverted pyramid of new article writing

what is: The inverted pyramid is a metaphor used by journalists and other writers to illustrate how information should be prioritised and structured. at the top: 5 W's, middle: important details and quotations and at the bottom point other general information and background data or context.

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