Persuasive writing Flashcards

(12 cards)

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Alliteration

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A sequence of words in a phrase or sentence that start with the same letter.

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Emotive language

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Making someone feel emotion to persuade them to listen to your point

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Group of three

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A list of three words, phrases or sentences

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Direct address

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Uses words such as, I, you or we to make the reader feel part of the conversation.

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Simile

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Something that compares two things with words “like” or “as”

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rhetorical question

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A question that doesn’t need and answer but is there for people to think about it.

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Oxymoron

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A phrase that has two opposite words put together to create effect.

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Anthropomorphism

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Giving an object human features.

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Pathetic fallacy

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This is making the weather relate to people’s emotions

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Metaphor

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Saying something is something.

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Hyperbole

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This is over exaggerating

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12
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Imperative command

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Give instructions with a slight force

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