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PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE (:star:WRITING A PERSUASIVE ESSAY:STAR: (Introduction,…
PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE
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:star:TONE:STAR:
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Types of tone
Positive
- Amused
- Appreciative
- Approving
- Assertive
- Assured
- Conciliatory
- Confident
- Earnest
- Encouraging
- Enthusiastic
- Exuberant
- Lively
- Optimistic
- Playful
- Proud
- Respectful
- Sympathetic
Negative
- Accusing
- Admonishing
- Aggressive
- Angry
- Arrogant
- Bitter
- Bullying
- Condescending
- Contemptuous
- Critical
- Disparaging
- Hostile
- Mocking
- Outraged
- Pessimistic
- Querulous
- Sarcastic
- Threatening
Neutral
- Authoritative
- Bemused
- Bland
- Businesslike
- Calm
- Concerned
- Considered
- Dispassionate
- Even
- Formal
- Forthright
- Measured
- Moralising
- Pleading
- Restrained
- Sentimental
- Serious
- Thoughtful
Powerful
- Astonished
- Carping
- Confrontational
- Didactic
- Forceful
- Incredulous
- Outraged
- Passionate
- Strident
- Superior
Cynical
- Blasé
- Derisive
- Flippant
- Irrelevant
- Mocking
- Patronising
- Sarcastic
- Sardonic
- Scathing
:star:STYLE:STAR:
Style refers to the choices an author makes about how to construct their text and how they use language to make their point.
Types of Styles
- Formal
- Descriptive
- Casual
- Informal
- Polished
- Rambling
- Colloquial
- Poetic
- Declarative
:star:TEXT TYPES:STAR:
- Headlines – written by editors and designed to capture the reader’s attention
- News articles – usually cover a wide range of human interest stories and political issue on a state and national level, as well as some international stories.
- Feature articles – longer than news articles and generally examine multiple sides of an issue, though they may also by strongly persuasive
- Opinion pieces – express a strong point of viewpoint on an issue of current or lasting interest; in online newspaper opinion pieces often appear under the staff bloggers’ individuals sections of the website
- Editorials – express the official view of the newspaper on a current issue
- Letters to the editor – express the views of members of the public on a current issue
- Cartoons – comment, mostly humorously and critically, on a current issue or person in the news.
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