Persuasive writing Flashcards
(12 cards)
Alliteration
A sequence of words in a phrase or sentence that start with the same letter.
Emotive language
Making someone feel emotion to persuade them to listen to your point
Group of three
A list of three words, phrases or sentences
Direct address
Uses words such as, I, you or we to make the reader feel part of the conversation.
Simile
Something that compares two things with words “like” or “as”
rhetorical question
A question that doesn’t need and answer but is there for people to think about it.
Oxymoron
A phrase that has two opposite words put together to create effect.
Anthropomorphism
Giving an object human features.
Pathetic fallacy
This is making the weather relate to people’s emotions
Metaphor
Saying something is something.
Hyperbole
This is over exaggerating
Imperative command
Give instructions with a slight force