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Persuasive Texts Language Features

Persuasive Texts Language Features. Persuasion: what does it mean? “To talk someone into doing or thinking something.”. Language Images Jargon Expert Opinion Inclusive language Appeals Rhetorical questions Alliteration Generalisations Statistics Facts Visuals Tone Structures

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Persuasive Texts Language Features

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  1. Persuasive Texts Language Features Persuasion: what does it mean? “To talk someone into doing or thinking something.”

  2. Language • Images • Jargon • Expert Opinion • Inclusive language • Appeals • Rhetorical questions • Alliteration • Generalisations • Statistics • Facts • Visuals • Tone • Structures • Personal anecdotes Persuasive techniques Page 37 National English Skills

  3. Affection Anger Annoyance Antipathy Anxiety Bewilderment Contempt Desire Despair Empathy Fear Fury Grief Guilt Happiness Hatred Horror Humility Joy Love Passion Pity Pride Rage Regret Revulsion Shame Shock Sorrow Sympathy terror Language Activity: National English Skills Page 112 Vocabulary (Homework, due Friday)

  4. Jargon Strong images

  5. Expert” • Historical” • Tradition” Opinion

  6. “Language that generalises and attempts to make you feel bad if you don’t agree” Inclusive Language Eg. It’s our problem, we must do something about it.

  7. Language that tries to appeal to your: emotions, morals, patriotism, logic, common sense, sense of justice, decency, political beliefs. • “Fellow Australians, we must stand together to act against this” • Sadly, if we don’t act now • If people fall of the mountain, do we stop mountain climbing? • It is not right to kill all of the animals for entertainment. Appeals

  8. A Question that doesn’t require an answer but is used to emphasise a point” Rhetorical Questions Activity: National English Skills Read page 110/111 answer questions 1-7 How can they live with themselves?

  9. Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words: often used in headlines. Alliteration Supreme Shumacher steals show Activity: National English Skills Workbook Page 105

  10. Sweeping statements that begin with ‘all’ or ‘every’ • It tends to classify everyone or everything the same” Generalisations Eg. All teachers love giving out homework.

  11. Figures used as evidence (make sure they are not made up and are accurate) Statistics 99% of basketballers wear high-cut boots

  12. A true statement that can be proven. • Different from Opinion, which is the authors thoughts and cannot be backed up or proven. Facts

  13. Photos, cartoons, sketches, graphs etc used to emphasise the main points. • Must actually fit with the text and not just be there for decoration. Visuals

  14. Attitude towards the subject; can be angry, desperate, humorous, positive, negative, aggressive. Tone Activity: National English Skills Read page109, answer questions 1-6 page 110

  15. Ordering the points of the argument, using linking words. • Eg. It follows logically, firstly, finally • Use text connectives Structure Activity: Macmillan English 8 Page 146 Read the text Write the text connectives in exercise books using subheadings.

  16. Irony(using words to express something different from the literal meaning of the words) • Ridicule(Making fun of someone or something) • Sarcasm (A sharp ironical taunt) • Parody (A humorous imitation of a serious situation) Humour

  17. Simile – “The scene was like a battle zone” • Metaphor – “Our roads are graveyards” Figurative Language Activity: National English Skills Pages 98, 99 and 100 (Homework due wk 3)

  18. Encourages the reader to take some responsibility and act on the issue Call to Action • Cause and Effect • Encourages the reader to understand the lasting effects of something

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