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Name the technique: Use of strong words (normally adjectives and adverbs)
Emotive Language
Name the technique: A question that does not need an answer.
Rhetorical Question
Name the technique: Using numerical data to support your opinion
Statistics
Name the technique: A short personal story
Anecdote
Name the technique: Using words directed to the reader like ‘you’ and ‘yours’
Direct Address
Name the technique: To say something is better or worse than it really is.
Exaggeration
Name the technique: Stating 3 examples when making a point.
Rule of Three
Name the technique: Repeating key ideas or restating words
Repetition
Name the technique: A true statement NOT an opinion.
Fact
Name the technique: Using pronouns such as ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’
Personal Pronouns
What is the technique? "So why don't we all just work together?"
Rhetorical Question
What is the technique? "98% of students have a mobile phone."
Statistic
What is the technique? "Even if it costs me my blood, sweat and tears."
Rule of Three OR Exaggeration
What is the technique? "The helpless animals sleep unprotected, are in constant danger and have nowhere to hide."
Emotive Language OR Rule of Three
What is the technique? "You will feel a million times better if you go to sleep early."
Exaggeration OR Direct Address
What is the technique? "We all should protect the environment for our future children."
Personal Pronouns
