Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Involves the use of words that evoke emotions and make people feel a certain way
• commonly used technique when writing headlines in newspapers or delivering speeches
Sentence 1:The robbers brutally murdered the poor victim after looting his all belongings.
“If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are indeed part of the
problem.”
RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
• questions that are not supposed to be answered. Instead, they are asked for effect, to
illustrate a point or let the reader think.
Examples:
“What time do you call this?”
“Who wouldn’t want to be a millinaire?”
“Do we really want our planet to survive?”
“Wouldn’t you feel happy if this pandemic finally ends?”
USING EVIDENCE
• involves the use of facts, figures, or quotes from the experts to highlight the writer’s
authority and make the arguments presented more convincing
“Almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time
wasted on something not worth wasting.”
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
• using carefully selected adjectives and adverbs makes it possible for the writer to influence
how the readers feel.
School uniforms should be mandatory for all students for s number of reasons.
First, they make everyone equal. In this way, the “rich” kids are on the same level
as the poor ones. In addition, getting ready for school can be much faster and
easier. Many kids waste time choosing what to wear to school and they are often
unhappy with their final choices. Most importantly, some studies show that
school uniforms make students perform better. Many people might say that
uniforms take away personal freedom, but I believe that the benefits are stronger
than the drawbacks.
ASSOCIATION
• This technique tries to link an object or an idea with something already
liked or desired by the target audience such as wealth, success, pleasure,
security.
Examples:
Vote for cleaner air. Vote for Juan Dela Cruz as President.
BANDWAGON
• persuasion technique that makes the audience believe the idea that
‘everyone is doing it” or that everyone likes something.