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Persuasive Language

Continue…. MENU. EXIT. Persuasive Language. The careful choice of words can make a persuasive message powerful and compelling. Specific word choices can influence the response of readers. Next. PREVIOUS. MENU. EXIT. Persuasive Language.

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Persuasive Language

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  1. Continue… MENU EXIT Persuasive Language The careful choice of words can make a persuasive message powerful and compelling. Specific word choices can influence the response of readers.

  2. Next PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language The careful choice of words can make a persuasive message powerful and compelling. Specific word choices can influence the response of readers. For example: • As a result of the negotiator’s creativeintervention, the adversaries embraced a settlement. • As a result of the negotiator’s underhanded manipulation, the adversaries submitted to a settlement.

  3. What words in this message are meant to make you concerned? Teenage drivers aged 16 to 19 have an alarming number of crashes involving dangerous violations such as reckless speeding, failing to stop, not focusing on their driving, and following too closely. New drivers may not grasp the serious consequences of these infractions. Click to find the negative words PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language

  4. Next PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language What words in this message are meant to make you concerned? Teenage drivers aged 16 to 19 have an alarming number of crashes involving dangerousviolations such as reckless speeding, failing to stop, not focusing on their driving, and following too closely. New drivers may not grasp the serious consequences of these infractions.

  5. MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Words have two kinds of meaning – denotative and connotative. Persuasive writing is especially dependent on the connotations of words. Click on the topic you want to explore. MENU • Denotative and Connotative Meanings • Positive and Negative Connotations

  6. MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Denotative & Connotative Meanings The denotative meaning is the dictionary definition. lion:a large, carnivorous, feline mammal symphony: a long musical composition for orchestra

  7. Continue… MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Denotative & Connotative Meanings The denotative meaning is the dictionary definition. lion:a large, carnivorous, feline mammal symphony: a long musical composition for orchestra

  8. PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Denotative & Connotative Meanings The denotative meaning is the dictionary definition. lion:a large, carnivorous, feline mammal symphony: a long musical composition for orchestra The connotative meaning involves emotions and associations. lion:strong, fierce, courageous symphony: pleasingly complex, harmonious, weaving together various elements

  9. Menu PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Denotative & Connotative Meanings The denotative meaning is the dictionary definition. lion:a large, carnivorous, feline mammal symphony: a long musical composition for orchestra The connotative meaning involves emotions and associations. lion:strong, fierce, courageous symphony: pleasingly complex, harmonious, weaving together various elements

  10. Continue… MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words can have both positive and negative connotations. Words with strongly positive or strongly negative connotations can shape the reactions of readers.

  11. How does your attitude toward Leisha shift after reading the second sentence? Leisha Knox is a brilliant medical researcher whose discoveries have saved many lives. Leisha Knox is a dishonest technician who steals other people’s data and falsifies research results. Click to see an analysis PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words can have both positive and negative connotations. Words with strongly positive or strongly negative connotations can shape the reactions of readers.

  12. Next PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words can have both positive and negative connotations. Words with strongly positive or strongly negative connotations can shape the reactions of readers. Thepositive connotations paint Leisha as an accomplished professional, while the negative connotations depict her as unqualified and a cheat. Leisha Knox is a brilliant medical researcher whose discoveries have saved many lives. Leisha Knox is a dishonest technician who steals other people’s data and falsifies research results.

  13. Continue… PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words with strongly positive connotations can persuade readers to see your ideas in a favorable way.

  14. What neutral words or phrases in this statement could you turn into more positive language? Cutting the amount of junk mail we all receive is a good way to save trees. Click to see the neutral words PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words with strongly positive connotations can persuade readers to see your ideas in a favorable way.

  15. Click to see a revision PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words with strongly positive connotations can persuade readers to see your ideas in a favorable way. What neutral words or phrases in this statement could you turn into more positive language? Cutting the amount of junk mail we all receive is a good way to save trees.

  16. ORIGINAL Cutting the amount of junk mail we all receive is a good way to save trees. REVISED Drastically reducing the amount of junk mail we all receive is an essential step in protecting our forests. Next PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words with strongly positive connotations can persuade readers to see your ideas in a favorable way.

  17. Continue… PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words with negative connotations can be used to create an unfavorable impression and can sway the reader toward a particular point of view.

  18. Which words in this paragraph have negative connotations? The embarrassing two-hour Legends Live! spectacle finally ended with an act by guitarist Teddy B. Goode. Goode pummeled the sound system with an ear-splitting solo that inflicted more pain than pleasure on the unfortunate audience. Click to see the negative words PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words with negative connotations can be used to create an unfavorable impression and can sway the reader toward a particular point of view.

  19. Next PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Words with negative connotations can be used to create an unfavorable impression and can sway the reader toward a particular point of view. The words with negative connotations influence the reader to imagine an extremely disappointing and unpleasant musical experience. The embarrassing two-hour Legends Live! spectacle finally ended with an act by guitarist Teddy B. Goode. Goode pummeled the sound system with an ear-splitting solo that inflicted more pain than pleasure on the unfortunate audience.

  20. Next PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Avoid using slanted language. Slanted language is persuasive language that is misused, sometimes clouding factual information and disguising poor reasoning by using words with powerful connotations. Strong emotional appeals can unfairly manipulate people’s feelings unless those appeals are supported with sound reasons and evidence.

  21. Which words in this paragraph are slanted to produce an unfavorable impression of environmental activists? These self-promoting do-gooders rely on melodramatic exaggeration and cheap manipulation of people’s emotions to advance their agenda. They seem concerned about environmental issues, but their murky, incompletely thought-out programs for the earth are just plain confusing. Click to see the slanted language PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations

  22. i Menu PREVIOUS MENU EXIT Persuasive Language Positive and Negative Connotations Which words in this paragraph are slanted to produce an unfavorable impression of global warming? These self-promoting do-gooders rely on melodramatic exaggeration and cheap manipulation of people’s emotions to advance their agenda. They seem concerned about environmental issues, but their murky, incompletely thought-out programs for the earth are just plain confusing.

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