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Persuasive language features
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Personal Pronoun : Used instead of nouns. E.g. I, you, us, we ours
Example : Provides evidence and helps explain a point
Hyperbole : Exaggerated statements E.g. "A thousand times worse"
Pun : A play on words with two meanings. E.g. "Teachers have a lot of class"
Oxymoron : When contradictory terms or ideas are placed next to each other E.g. 'A clever idiot'
Understatement : The presentation of something as being smaller or less good than it really is
Repetition : Save! Save! Save!
Colloquial Language : Informal language particular to a certain place or country
Jargon : Technical and scientific terminology particular to a certain thing E.g. "Turbo charged, twin cam"
Euphemism : A nicer way of stating a harder truth E.g. "They have passed away"
Statistics : Pertains to numbers and %. E.g Almost 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows
Rebuttal : Recognising an oppositions point and shutting it down with valid points of your own
Humour : Makes ideas/points more enjoyable so it is better received
Figure of speech : An imaginative or creative way of expressing something. 'They drove me up the wall'
Anaphora : Repetition of certain words, phrases or sentence patterns
Persuasive language features
Across:6. | A play on words with two meanings. E.g. "Teachers have a lot of class" | 8. | Makes ideas/points more enjoyable so it is better received | 9. | Exaggerated statements E.g. "A thousand times worse" | 11. | Recognising an oppositions point and shutting it down with valid points of your own |
| 13. | Repetition of certain words, phrases or sentence patterns | 14. | When contradictory terms or ideas are placed next to each other E.g. 'A clever idiot' | 15. | Informal language particular to a certain place or country |
| | Down:1. | An imaginative or creative way of expressing something. 'They drove me up the wall' | 2. | Used instead of nouns. E.g. I, you, us, we ours | 3. | Technical and scientific terminology particular to a certain thing E.g. "Turbo charged, twin cam" | 4. | A nicer way of stating a harder truth E.g. "They have passed away" |
| 5. | Save! Save! Save! | 7. | The presentation of something as being smaller or less good than it really is | 10. | Pertains to numbers and %. E.g Almost 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows | 12. | Provides evidence and helps explain a point |
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Persuasive language features
Across:6. | A play on words with two meanings. E.g. "Teachers have a lot of class" | 8. | Makes ideas/points more enjoyable so it is better received | 9. | Exaggerated statements E.g. "A thousand times worse" | 11. | Recognising an oppositions point and shutting it down with valid points of your own |
| 13. | Repetition of certain words, phrases or sentence patterns | 14. | When contradictory terms or ideas are placed next to each other E.g. 'A clever idiot' | 15. | Informal language particular to a certain place or country |
| | Down:1. | An imaginative or creative way of expressing something. 'They drove me up the wall' | 2. | Used instead of nouns. E.g. I, you, us, we ours | 3. | Technical and scientific terminology particular to a certain thing E.g. "Turbo charged, twin cam" | 4. | A nicer way of stating a harder truth E.g. "They have passed away" |
| 5. | Save! Save! Save! | 7. | The presentation of something as being smaller or less good than it really is | 10. | Pertains to numbers and %. E.g Almost 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows | 12. | Provides evidence and helps explain a point |
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