Persuasive Devices
This persuasive appeal uses facts, statistics, and logical reasoning to persuade the audience.
What is logos?
The sentence used in an introduction to state the writer's main argument.
What is a thesis statement?
What is a journalist, writer, commentator, TV presenter, or radio host?
In his 2022 speech, this Australian of the Year challenged perceptions of disability and called for better representation.
Who is Dylan Alcott?
Words like 'must' 'will' and 'undeniably'.
What is high modality?
When a writer appeals to audience emotions like empathy, anger, or pity, they are using this technique.
What is pathos?
This structural component at the start of an introduction is designed to grab the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
Stan Grant quotes this famous Dorothea Mackellar poem before contrasting it with the massacres on the plains.
What is My Country (or I love a sunburned country)?
Cathay Warry uses sensory imagery (sight, sound, touch, taste) to explore her personal identity in this poem.
What is Woman of the Future?
Words like 'maybe' 'might' and 'possibly' represent this level of modality.
What is low modality?
Placing two contrasting ideas side-by-side.
What is juxtaposition / contrast?
The opening sentence of a body paragraph that links back to the thesis statement.
What is a point sentence / topic sentence?
Grant establishes credibility (Ethos) by mentioning his profession.
What is an international journalist / war correspondent?
In her poem Your Voice Matters, Sofia Mamoon uses the metaphor of a "cage" to represent this.
What are unfair expectations / social norms?
The subject does the verb to an object.
What is Active Voice?
Repeating a specific word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences.
What is anaphora?
Using text connectives (similarly, additionally, however) and conjunctions (and, for, but) to create smooth transitions between ideas.
What is cohesion?
Stan Grant repeatedly challenges this patriotic phrase, stating he succeeded "in spite of it, not because of it."
What is The Australian Dream?
Cathay Warry uses this extended metaphor at the end of her poem to symbolise growing up and breaking free.
What is a caterpillar breaking out of its cocoon?
What is passive voice?
Repeating a phrase at the end of consecutive sentences.
What is epistrophe?
The ending used in a persuasive conclusion to inspire the audience.
What is a call to action?
Stan Grant ends his speech by referencing this.
What is the Australian National Anthem?
Sofia Mamoon creates a shift in tone in her poem when she changes from telling others "don't be silenced" to admitting this.
What is, "but I am silenced"?
What is responsibility / blame / accountability?