Definition
Synonym
Antonym
Persuasive Techniques
100

persuasive 

good at persuading someone to do or believe something.

100

professional 

competent, efficient, licensed, qualified 

100

formal 

informal, relaxed, ordinary 

100

What technique repeats a single word or phrase over and over again to emphasise it?

Repetition 

200

emotive

able to arouse intense feeling or emotion

200
hyperbole 

exaggeration, overstatement, embellishment 

200

opinion

fact, reality, knowledge

200

What technique uses questions that appear in writing that isn't a dialogue? 

Rhetorical questions 
300

detrimental

tending to cause harm

300

reasonable

acceptable, equitable, feasible, humane 

300

recipient 

donor, giver, 

300

What technique uses words that are deliberately designed to make a reader have strong feelings? 

Emotive words 

400

draconian 

especially harsh or severe

400

controversial 

questionable, dubious, disputed, contentious 
400

atrocious 

good, magnificent, inoffensive 

400

What technique exaggerates in order to make it seem as if an issue is massive?

hyperbole 

500

vulnerable 

exposed to or more likely to be harmed either physically or emotionally

500

competitive 

aggressive, ambitious, cutthroat, vying 

500

BONUS: What state is Miss Senn from?

South Carolina

500

What technique uses a real event told in the form of a very brief story to create an emotional response? 

Anecdote