Persuasive Devices

1. Match the persuasive device to its definition and example:

Device Definition Example

Emotive Repetition of the same sound Don’t students deserve to

language at the beginning of words. unwind and relax after a long
day at school?

Alliteration Language used to make the We need to work together to

reader feel certain emotions. make schools realise that
homework is an unnecessary
task.

Personal Questions asked just for After school children deserve

pronouns effect, or to emphasis a point. to unwind, relax and just be
kids.

Exaggeration Words used to indicate the Think about all the exhausted
degree to which something is children who must suffer
likely to happen. through the horrific task of
homework every single night.

Rule of three When the reader is asked to Write a letter to you school
go and do something. now that demands the end to
homework.

Rhetorical Words used to make the Homework is stressful for the

question reader feel like they are student, boring for the
talking to them. student and pointless for the
student.

Repetition Providing information that is Students should be social

inflated or over-the-top. after school, not stuck inside
doing silly study.

Modality words Important words or phrases Homework is destroying the

that are used more than childhoods of today’s
once. children.

Call to action When three words or phrases It is certain that homework

are used together to does not achieve anything for
emphasis a point. students; this old age practice
must be stopped!
2. Write an example of each persuasive device using the topic:
Sisters are better than brothers
(you can choose which side to argue).
Emotive language:
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Alliteration:
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Person pronouns:
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Exaggeration:
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Rule of three:
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Rhetorical question:
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Modality words:
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Call to action:
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Repetition:
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