Persuasive Techniques with Miss T

1

100

The author's main point of view being expressed 

Contention

200

Pun

A play on a word or phrase that gives it multiple meanings

300

Name the technique: "If this law is passed we could have our every move tracked!"

Appeal to fear

400

Name the technique/s: "Piece of cake" to say "easy"

Idiom-commonly used expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

500

Using your character and credibility to persuade the audience

Ethos (ethical)

2

100

Obvious exaggeration

Hyperbole

200

Repeating a phrase at the beginning of a line

Anaphora

300

Appealing to an individual's natural desire to have or make money [financial security]

Appeal to Hip-Pocket Nerve

400

Name the technique/s: "open secret" or "beautiful nightmare"

Oxymoron

500

Appealing to the audience's emotions to persuade them

Pathos (emotional)

3

100

Informal, every day language

Colloquial language

200

Comparisons that describe one thing in terms of another

Metaphor

300

A statement that can be proven

Evidence, fact or statistic

400

Name the technique: "She was as quiet as a mouse"

Simile

500

Using logic and reasoning to persuade an audience

Logos (logic)

4

100

A question posed for effect, not requiring an answer

Rhetorical question

200

A personal account or story

Anecdote

300

Playing on the audience's devotion to their homeland and their desire to support/defend their country

Appeal to patriotism

400

Name the technique/s: "The people running our government are nothing but clowns who are stupidly out of touch with society."

Attack-used to denigrate an opponent and, by implication, their point of view 

500

Intentionally using words for the emotional meaning associated with them e.g. "slaughtered and killed"

Connotations