Persuasive Techniques
Figurative langauge that compares two things that have similar features in order to explain a concept
What is an analogy?
The acronym you need to remember when writing your Argument Analysis Introduction
What is CDFASTCAT?
Two types of formality
What are formal and informal?
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
The movie this quote is from.
What is Spiderman?
Ms Perez's favourite artist
Who is Taylor Swift (obviously)?
The appeal this sentence is making: “Banning social media at school will help keep students safe from online bullying and predators.”
What is an appeal to security?
An opinion with explicit assertion and direction or implied reason.
What is tonal shift?
Three things to mention when you're crafting your context statement in your introduction
What are the broad issue (social media ban), the age group affected (under 16s), and the country of relevance (Australia)?
The three languages Ms Perez could speak.
What are English, Tagalog (Filipino), and French?
The four types of evidence
What are facts, statistics, expert opinon, anecdotes (personal experiences)
A suggested structure for your argument analysis paragraphs
What is "What, How, Why (& Link)"?
Three things you can discuss when you're talking about style
What are vocabulary choice, tone, use of grammar, sentence strucutre, and narrative point of view and textual structure/layout?
The name of the ice cream shop Steve and Robin worked at in Season 3 of Stranger Things
What is Scoops Ahoy?
What Ms Perez often says to get the class's attention
What is "Hey/Okay Team!"?
What is satire?
Three things that shift in writing which can help you identify supporting arguments
What are shifts in focus, purpose, and tone?
Another word for referring to sentence strucutre and types
Syntax
Name 5 BHS Staff codes.
DAN/GIA/PER/DOC/BAT/KID/HAR/YEC/JAA
^^ the people in the Y10 team!
The subject other than English (and English Language) that Ms Perez is qualified to teach
What is Psychology?
Implied meaning, idea, or feeling invoked by a word, in addition to its primary meaning
What is connotations?
The structuring technique that has this intended effect:
Manipulate readers into only considering information that supports the arguments
What is omitting information that undermines?
Informal language typically used in everyday conversation that is often specific to a region or culture
What is colloquialism?
"Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind"
Name the song and the film it's from.
What is "Life is a Highway" and Cars?
What is Frankenstein (or Macbeth)?