Persuasive Strategies 1
What is a tool that references a person, place, event, or some other generally well-known object that is either directly or indirectly related to the topic at hand.
Allusion
What is the text type that is attempting to convince you of something?
Persuasion
What is using the same word or phrase over and over again?
Repetition?
What is an important person or experts who can make your argument seem more convincing?
Expert Opinion
What is a question that has the answer embedded into them or requires no direct answer from the audience?
Rhetorical Questions
What is the structure of a paragraph? or What does PEEL, TEEL or PETAL stand for?
Answer may vary
What is the deliberate use of words to play on people's feelings?
Emotional language?
What is a statement that claims that whatever is being said is true for the majority.
A generalisation or stereotype
What is using the same topic or argument three times?
Rule of Three
What is prejudice, discrimination by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised.
Racism
What is using pronouns to position yourself as part of the audience?
Inclusive Language?
What is the use of exaggeration to emphasise a point?
Hyperbole
What is facts, numbers and figures that can be very convincing?
Evidence
What is Playing on / Targeting people's emotions, related to a particular value?
Appeal
What is the selection of words used to express how definite we are about something, from uncertain to very certain?
Modality