WORD SEARCH

Guess the meaning

of the picture
 INSTRUCTION

Locate and draw a line of all hidden words related to persuasive

writing in the grid, running in one of possible directions

horizontally, vertically, diagonally, backward straight across, up

and down, down and up.

 PERSUASION AND

RHETORICAL DEVICES

USED IN PERSUASIVE

WRITING
 PERSUASION

Persuason is a communication technique that attempts to influence

or convince others to take action or to teach a specific conclusion

about an issue, Persuasion can be used in written essays,

speeches, or as part ofmedia campaigns that attempt to influence

an audience to change their thinking or behavior.

 PERSUASIVE ESSAY

A persuasive essay is a piece of writing that attempts to

convince the readers to agree with author's ideas. In this type of

essay, the writer can use his own ideas, and opinions and evoke

the emotions in the reader to convince them to agree to his

opinion.
 RHETORICAL DEVICES

A rhetorical device is typically defined as a technique or word

construction that a speaker or writer uses to win an audience to

their side, either while trying to persuade them to do something or

trying to win an argument.

 PROCESS

PERSUASION PERSUASIVE
RHETORICAL ESSSAY
DEVICES
Techniques Output
 Types of Rhetorical Devices
Used in Writing Persuasive Essay
 RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

- Rhetorical questions are questions that are asked to make a point

rather than to get an answer.

- A rhetorical question is a figure of speech which comes in the

form of a question that makes a point instead of seeking an

answer.
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
 RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

There are two main types of rhetorical questions:

questions whose answers are so obvious that there's
no need to say them or questions without any answer at all.
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

Can fish swim?

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

Can fish swim?

Is the sky blue?
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

Can fish swim?

Is the sky blue?
Why is this happening to me?
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

Can fish swim?

Is the sky blue?
Why is this happening to me?
 RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us,

do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?

And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

- The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
 EMOTIVE LANGUAGE

- Emotive language is the use of descriptive words, often

adjectives, that can show the reader how an author or character
feels about something, evoke an emotional response from the
reader, and persuade the reader of something.

- Related to the emotions

 EMOTIVE LANGUAGE

Example:

Non-emotive version: Another person in the bar was injured

by the man's glass.
Emotive version: An innocent bystander suffered facial
injuries when the thug launched his glass across the bar.
 EMOTIVE LANGUAGE

Example:

Non-emotive version: Another person in the bar was injured

by the man's glass.
Emotive version: An innocent bystander suffered facial
injuries when the thug launched his glass across the bar.
 EMOTIVE LANGUAGE

Example:

Non-emotive version: Mr. Smith was attacked by Mr. Jones for

two minutes.
Emotive version: For what seemed a lifetime, Mr. Smith was
subjected to a vicious, cowardly assault by the unemployed,
steroid-pumped monster.
 PARALLEL STRUCTURES

A The use of similar grammatical structures to show that to or

more ideas are similar in importance or meaning, or to provide
emphasis. Word, phrases and clauses.

Keeping all verbs forms, nouns etc. equal

 PARALLEL STRUCTURES

A The use of similar grammatical structures to show that to or

more ideas are similar in importance or meaning, or to provide
emphasis. Word, phrases and clauses.

Keeping all verbs forms, nouns etc. equal

 SOUND PATTERNS

Alliteration - Alliteration is a repetition of consonant sounds in the

beginnings of multiple words.

Alliteration is a type of repetition - a repetition of sounds.

 SOUND PATTERNS

Alliteration Ex.

Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

 SOUND PATTERNS

Alliteration Ex.

Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

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Alliteration Ex.

The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee.

 SOUND PATTERNS

Alliteration Ex.

The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee.

 SOUND PATTERNS

Assonance - is the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds

within words, phrases, or sentences.

 SOUND PATTERNS

Assonance Ex.

She seems to beam rays of sunshine with her eyes of green.

 SOUND PATTERNS

Assonance Ex.

She seems to beam rays of sunshine with her eyes of green.

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Assonance Ex.

Clap your hands, and stamp your feet.

 SOUND PATTERNS

Assonance Ex.

Clap your hands, and stamp your feet.

 CONTRAST

is a rhetorical device used by a writer to emphasize the

differences between two people, places or things.

using opposite in language

 CONTRAST

Example:

It's a small car, yet its surprisingly wide.

 CONTRAST

Example:

It's a small car, yet its surprisingly wide.

 CONTRAST

Example:

Despite all her faults, everybody likes him.

 CONTRAST

Example:

Despite all her faults, everybody likes him.

 CONTRAST

Example:

We have to be cruel to be kind.

 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY

Metaphor
Simile
Personification
 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY

Metaphor - A metaphor is a way of describing someone or

something by showing their similarity with something else.
 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY
Example:

He is a shining star.
 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY
Example:

Her lovely voice was music to his ears.

 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY

Simile - A simile is a type of figurative language that compares

two different things using the word like or as.
 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY
Example:

Your niece swims like a fish!

 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY
Example:

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY

Personification - is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing

is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it
were human.
Personification is a common form of metaphor in that human
characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things.
 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY
Example:

Can you see that star winking at you?

 DESCRIPTION & IMAGERY
Example:

My alarm yelled at me this morning.

 THE 'RULE OF THREE'

- a technique of grouping together three words, 

phrases and sentences.
- using the 'rule of three' allows a writer to express concept

more completely, emphasize points, and increase the

memorability of a message.
 THE 'RULE OF THREE'
Example:
used in religion…
1. “Father, Son and Holy Spirit”
2. “Faith, Hope and Charity”
in Public Safety...
1. “Stop, Look and Listen”
 THE 'RULE OF THREE'
Example:

- I came, I saw, I conquered." -Julius Cacsar

- A govemment of the people, by the people, for the people."
- Abraham Lincoln,"The CettysburgAddress
- Free at last! ree at last! Thank God AImighty, we are free at last!"
- Martin Luther King
 REPITITION

- is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases

few times to make an idea clearer.
- occurs when words are repeated in order to make
stronger impact on the reader.
 REPITITION
Example:

“Hey! I’m walking here! I’m walking here!

 REPITITION
Example:

“Hey! I’m walking here! I’m walking here!

 REPITITION
Example:

Beautiful, the flower is beautiful.

 REPITITION
Example:

Beautiful, the flower is beautiful.

 HYPERBOLE

Hyperbole is a figure of speech and literary device that

creates effect through exaggeration.
 HYPERBOLE
Example:

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

 HYPERBOLE
Example:

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

 HYPERBOLE
Example:

I have told you a million times not to lie!

 HYPERBOLE
Example:

I have told you a million times not to lie!

 ANECDOTE

An anecdote can be defined as a short story that can be

described as entertaining or amusing.
Telling a story to make a point.
Writer use anecdote to support the statement.
 ANECDOTE

Example beggining of an anecdote :

Once when I was...

I remember the time...
I recall the time when...
I will never forget the moment when...
This reminds me of...


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