Personal Narratives
The 'epic moment' of a story
Climax
Describing words
Adjectives
A newspaper that is filled with images, simple language and non-serious stories
Tabloid
The objective of persuasive writing/persuasion
To change someone's opinion
Comparison is concerned with the ways in which two or more things are...
Similar
Speech between two or more characters
Dialogue
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
A newspaper that is filled with text, complex language and serious stories
Broadsheet
The name of the Greek philosopher who first explained the three persuasive appeals
Plato
Contrast is concerned with the ways in which two or more things are...
Different
The order in which the events in a story are told (from beginning to end)
Chronological
Onomatopoeia
The large banner text at the top of a newspaper story
Headline
The use of logic, facts and statistics in order to persuade
Logos
The ultimate diagram for comparing and contrasting
Venn
The description of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feelings
Sensory language
Two opposing ideas placed next to each other for effect
Juxtaposition
Repetition of the same sound at the start of multiple words
Alliteration
The use of emotional arguments in order to persuade
Pathos
Words which indicate either a continuation or change of topic
Signal
Internal processes that, when described, provide insight into what the characters are going through
Thoughts, feelings and emotions
Exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
Often used to make a headline funny, a joke that relies on one word having two or more meanings
Pun
The use of credibility, reliability or authority in order to persuade
Ethos
Two spies that we compared and contrasted
Ethan Hunt and Johnny English