Persuasive Language
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Device
Description
Example
Alliteration
Grouping adjectives, phrases
and ideas into threes to
emphasise a point.
315 people were killed or
injured in road traffic accidents
in 2016 in Britain.
Facts
A question that will ask
the reader to think or put
themselves in a situation, but
does not require an answer.
The ponies suffer unimaginable
pain as they are left to starve.
Opinion
Repeating a word, phrase or
idea to emphasise it and/or
make it memorable.
Can you imagine what it would
be like to float in space?
Rhetorical questions
Powerful words and phrases
that will make the reader feel
strong emotions such as guilt
or sadness.
Foxhunting is a cruel and
unnecessary sport.
Repetition
The use of numerical
information to add weight to
an argument.
‘We shall fight them on the
beaches, we shall fight them on
the landing grounds, we shall
fight in the fields and in the
streets.’
Emotive language
A point of view often expressed
as factual information for
persuasive purposes.
One of the fastest, cleanest,
cheapest trains in Europe.
Statistics
Repetition of the first letter of
a word in sequence to focus
the readers’ attention on a
particular section of text.
Rainbows only exist on Earth,
they don’t happen on any other
planet.
Triplets
True and provable pieces of
information to add weight to
an argument.
‘…they will not be judged by
the colour of their skin, but by
the content of their character.’
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Persuasive Language Answers
Device
Description
Example
Alliteration
Repetition of the first letter of
a word in sequence to focus
the readers’ attention on a
particular section of text.
“they will not be judged by the
colour of their skin, but by the
content of their character”
Facts
True and provable pieces of
information to add weight to
an argument.
Rainbows only exist on Earth,
they don’t happen on any other
planet.
Opinion
A point of view often expressed
as factual information for
persuasive purposes.
Foxhunting is a cruel and
unnecessary sport.
Rhetorical questions
A question that will ask
the reader to think or put
themselves in a situation, but
does not require an answer.
Can you imagine what it would
be like to float in space?
Repetition
Repeating a word, phrase or
idea to emphasise it and/or
make it memorable.
“we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing
grounds, we shall fight in the
fields and in the streets”
Emotive language
Powerful words and phrases
that will make the reader feel
strong emotions such as guilt
or sadness.
The ponies suffer unimaginable
pain as they are left to starve.
Statistics
The use of numerical
information to add weight to
an argument.
315 people were killed or injured
in road traffic accidents in 2016
in Britain.
Triplets
Grouping adjectives, phrases
and ideas into threes to
emphasise a point.
One of the fastest, cleanest,
cheapest trains in Europe