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Alliteration (3)
- adds emphasis
- reinforces meaning
- creates highly emotive image
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Anecdote (2)
- makes reader sympathetic and receptive
- positions reader to accept or reject characters
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Associations (2)
- influences readers response in certain ways (often subconsciously)
- Implied meanings need to be identified
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Attacks/praise (2)
- places reader in position of agreement with author
- works through forceful assertion
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Bias
subjectively influence the reader by only presenting one side of the argument
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cliches
offer a shortcut to convey meaning
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Colourful words/ descriptive language (3)
- enduce emotion
- engage reader by gaining attention
- new slant on familiar issues
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Connotations of words (2)
- must explain what effect is
- different effects are gained and different reader responses are generates through word choice
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Emotive appeals (3)
- appeal to our values
- often subtle
- can manipulate reader to take notice of issues by triggering an emotional response
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emotive language (2)
- evokes strong emotional response in order to force agreement
- stimulates strong emotional reactions
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evidence
positions reader by supporting the author's point of view
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exaggeration (4)
- makes a point dramatically to reinforce it
- used to gain attention
- can arouse strong or extreme emotional responses
- used widely in headlines
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Generalisation (3)
- appeals to our general sense of what is true
- can pick up on prejudices/stereotypes
- emotional appeal to our prejudices and untested opinions
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Graphs/diagrams
- Makes meaning of figures
- adds credibility
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Hyperbole (2)
- adds emphasis and gives clear picture
- helps reader remember a point or situation
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Inclusive/exclusive language (2)
- writes can include/exclude themselves and others
- engages reader
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Irony (2)
- effective for humiliating opponents
- makes point distinctive
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Language style (2)
- how it makes reader feel towards author (close/distant)
- colloquial styles chatty friendly and inclusive - reader treated as equals, language is accessible and familiar
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metaphor (3)
- reinforces point without repetition
- image creates interest
- engages reader
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pun (2)
- engages mind
- attention grabbing
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Reason and logic
considers opposing viewpoint to help strengthen argument
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Repetition (3)
- Gives emphasis
- reinforces point
- evokes emotion
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Rhetorical questions
Manipulate reader to agree because assume answer is obvious
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Simile
clarifies and enhances idea
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Tone
reflects writer's attitude, which positions reader to agree or disagree
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Structure (2)
- order of points affects readers response
- Dramatic beginnings effective in engagine reader
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Expert opinion
adds credibility
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