Non-Fiction Elements Test: Section One, Persuasive Techniques Worksheet
This printable matching worksheet on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 11 questions and answers to match. This matching worksheet is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
A statement by a person in support of a particular truth, fact, or claim; recommendation.
Appeals to “everyone is doing it” mentality.
To persuade a sympathetic response by preying upon the audience’s fears.
Uses words with strongly positive or negative connotations to stir people’s emotions.
An attempt to connect to a person's feelings in order to persuade
Representing something as better, larger, greater or worse than it is.
A widely held but fixed oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Trying to convince someone by using facts and figures as evidence.
Connects a product, candidate or a cause with a positive image or idea.
Persuading by attempting to identify with the reader/viewer/customer. We are ordinary people just like you and we understand your problems.
Persuasion by attempting to connect with a person's values.
