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Which is true about persuasive writing?
It is an opinion writing.
It is a type of writing that convinces the audience.
It is a type of writing that persuades others to believe your point of view.
All answers are correct.
The following are reasons why persuasive texts are written except...
To convince someone to believe you.
To change someone's mind.
To describe something.
To move someone to act.
The following texts all use persuasive writing except...
diaries
reviews
speeches
advertisements
Which technique in persuasive writing uses pieces of information that are proven to be true as evidences to your argument?
direct address
emotive language
rhetorical question
fact
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice , sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. What technique did the speaker use here?
repetition
rhetorical question
direct address
opinion
We can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground Government of the people, by the people, for the people. What technique is present here?
direct address
imperative
triples
expert opinion
Dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place.Let every nation know. This much we pledge and more. This uses...
imperative
rhethorical question
statistics
anecdote
What technique does this advertisement use?
direct address
rhetorical question
opinion
anecdote
This ads uses....
opinion
fact
statistics
emotive language
Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys...Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house...and a date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn't stay awake for both. And the truth is, I loved the life we had built for our girls...I deeply loved the man I had built that life with...and I didn't want that to change if he became President. I loved Barack just the way he was. The speaker uses a technique called...
direct address
anecdote
imperative
triplets
What technique is present in the extract?
repetition
imperative
emotive language
direct address
What key technique is used here?
direct address
emotive language
fact
opinion
What is the key technique here?
rhetorical question
repetition
emotive language
imperative
Read this extract from a speech by Michelle Obama. What technique did she use?
Like Menbere, growing up, I considered myself pretty lucky. Even though my parents didn't have a lot of money, they never went to college themselves, they had an unwavering belief in the power of education. So they always pushed me and my brother to do whatever it took to succeed in school.
emotive language
fact
opinion
anecdote
Read this part of a campaign ad made by Surfers against Sewage. What technique is used?
Fact
Opinion
Statistics
Emotive Language
It is a technique that uses facts containing numbers, showing the writer's knowledge of the topic.
statistics
fact
opinion
direct address
It is a technique wherein the writer/speaker evokes emotion from the audience by using carefully selected vocabulary.
facts
direct address
repetition
emotive language
A technique wherein the writer/speaker talks to the audience in a straightforward manner.
opinion
anecdote
direct address
imperative
A statement of command telling the audience what to do. Sometimes called 'CTA or Call to Action'
direct address
imperative
rhetorical question
repetition
Two techniques that are always present in persuasive texts.
repetition
imperative
direct address
opinion
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