english exam 2

• Persuasive language


  A type of language that is written to persuade the reader to buy something, believe something or think something
• Persuasive writing


  • A written form of an oral debate
  • Can be a fun and interesting style of writing for students to practice
• Persuasive language examples


  • Accurate
  • magic
  • magnificent
  • advantage
  • always
  • bargain
  • Damaging
  • Disadvantages
  • disastrous
  • miracle
  • awful
  • Most
  • careless
  • Best
  • most important
  • disgusted
  • Dreadful
  • confusing
  • confident
  • new
• Personal pronouns


  Using "we," "you," and "us" to create a connection between writers and readers
• Exaggeration


  Making something seem much better or much worse than it really is-that is, to create a false impression of the subject
• Exaggeration


  • Jomel was thirsty enough to drink a river dry.
  • She has a heart as big as the world.
• Repetition


  Saying the same word or phrase more than once for emphasis
• Repetition


  • Not yet, Rizal, not yet.
  • Seek righteousness, seek meekness.
• Imperatives


  Using commands or instructions to encourage the audience or readers to do something quickly
• Imperatives


  • Buy now, pay later.
  • Relax and enjoy the heat of summer.
• Rhetorical questions


  Asking questions that make the audience think without needing a real answer
• Rhetorical questions


  • "Who knows?"
  • "Are you an idiot?"
  • "Did you hear me?"
  • "Why not?"
  • "Ok?"
  • "It's too hot today, isn't it?"
• Literary devices


  Using similes, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and other literary devices to build a clearer image or picture for the reader
• Generalizations


  Broad sweeping statements which sound true at the time and are not immediately questioned for accuracy
• Generalizations


  • Every person in this room needs money.
  • The world out there is never safe.
• Play on the reader's sympathy


  Making the audience or readers feel sorry for someone or something
• Clusters of three


  Using two or more phrases or describing words to emphasize a point or an idea
• Clusters of three


  • Buy Keso -now cheesier, creamier, and tastier.
  • I love Tisyu. It's so soft and smooth.