Persuasion Techniques

• Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
• Hyperbole is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• Exclamations are the use of exclamation marks in a piece of writing that add emotion and emphasis.
• Facts are true statements that can be used in persuasive writing.
• Anecdotes are short stories about a topic related to the writing.
• Statistics are the use of numbers in a piece of writing. They are similar to facts but with numbers instead.
• The rule of three is when a list of three things is used in a persuasive piece of writing.
• Emotive language is the use of emotion-provoking words to gain the desired feeling.
• Rhetorical questions are questions that don't require an answer but make the reader think.
• Common enemies are the use of a mutual hatred for a subject/person to join beliefs.
• Repetition is the use of a word/phrase multiple times.
• Opinions aren't facts, but they are personal statements that can be backed up with some evidence.
• Contrasting pairs are the use of two words/phrases that have opposite meanings.