Language Analysis Techniques

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Alliteration Repetition of a consonant Eg: Rapid Rise How the Technique Persuades: Gains attention, Adds emphasis Draws attention to key words
Anecdote Short Account or Story Eg. Personal Anecdote How the Technique Persuades: Positions readers to respond emotionally Readers take notice and accept information
Appeal to Authority Uses the opinion of an expert to prove a point Eg. Doctors, Scientists How the Technique Persuades: Reassures the reader that the writer has fact Influences the reader to agree
Appeal to Common Sense Practical Everyday knowledge that is accepted as obvious and therefore true Eg. 'Its pure common sense' How the Technique Persuades: Pressures the reader to agree by implying that whoever disagrees lacks intelligence
Appeal to Family Values Suggests that family life provides the essential values for an healthy and stable society How the Technique Persuades: Leads the reader to view families as desirable Can position the reader to want to protect there own families
Appeal to Fear and Insecurity Suggests that peoples safety, security and freedom are at risk Presents a worst case scenario How the Technique Persuades: Pressures the reader to feel solutions are needed urgently Persuades reader that the writer has best intrests at heart.
Appeal to the Hip-Pocket Nerve Threatens our financial wellbeing because we fear or believe that we are being overcharged or ripped off How the Technique Persuades: Incites anger at being over charged Positions the reader to reject the view that will cost more
Appeal to Tradition and Customs Appeals to a sense of security based on the belief that rituals and traditions are valuable and should be preserved How the Technique Persuades: Encourages the reader to resist change and to feel that links with the past should be retained Can position readers to view chance as inferior
Appeal to Loyalty and Patriotism Assumes a commitment to our group, a love of our country How the Technique Persuades: Positions the reader to agree with actions that benefit the nation/group Can arouse feelings of anger towards those against the group
Appeal to Sense of Justice Plays upon our belief that we all have the right to be treated fairly and we should strive for just outcomes How the Technique Persuades: Positions the reader to agree that the punishment should fit the crime Arouses feelings of anger when justice isn't served
Attack Belittle or denigrate an individual or group How the Technique Persuades: Positions us to think badly of the person or group and therefore to dismiss their ideas or viewpoints
Praise Presents a person or group in a positive light How the Technique Persuades: Makes us admire or like the person or group and therefore agree with ideas
Exaggeration, Overstatement, Hyperbole Presents an extreme view of an situation for dramatic impact May not be completely literal How the Technique Persuades: Positions a reader to respond emotionally and so be more likely to accept or reject an viewpoint
Generalisation A sweeping statement that suggests what is true for some is true for all How the Technique Persuades: Appeals to commonly held beliefs
Graphs and Diagrams Facts and Figures presented in a visual medium How the Technique Persuades: Gives a quick understanding of viewpoint Gives the facts
Inclusive Language Uses 'we', 'our','us' to include the readers in the same group as the writer How the Technique Persuades: The reader is positioned to agree because appeals to the desire to belong to a group
Irony A feature that allows the writer to say one thing when they really mean the other How the Technique Persuades: Influences the reader to agree through a humorous tone The reader is positioned to share in the writers ridicule of an idea
Clichés Overused phrases that a wide range of readers can quickly grasp and understand How the Technique Persuades: Reassure the reader through familiar expression Often have comical effect
Colourful Language Creates a strong image through unusual and striking words How the Technique Persuades: Creates an memorable image that catches the readers intrest Positions the reader to take an positive or negative image of the idea
Connotations and Loaded Words Meanings associated to words or implied by words that are not necessarily the dictionary meanings How the Technique Persuades: Associated meanings of words can arouse feelings and attitudes that could position the reader
Emotive Language Deliberate use of strong words and phrases to arouse the readers feelings and so manipulate them to agree How the Technique Persuades: The reader is positioned to react very emotionally and to agree with the writers viewpoint before reason comes into play
Evidence and Statistics The use of facts and figures to provide rational proof as the basis for a substantiated point of view How the Technique Persuades: Positions the reader to view the writers argument as more convincing as it appears to have factual basis
Metaphor and Simile Compare two different things, suggesting a similarity between them. A simile uses 'as if' or 'like' How the Technique Persuades: Creates a striking and memorable image, often with emotional impact that can influence the reader
Pun A play on words that suggests a double meaning How the Technique Persuades: Grabs the readers attention The double meaning has a positive or negative connotation to the idea which helps influence the readers response
Reason and Logic Used to develop a sound indisputable argument How the Technique Persuades: Positions the reader to accept the writers viewpoint as objectively true
Repetition Using the same word of phrase and idea to add emphasis How the Technique Persuades: Increases impact of a main point or key term Can produce an insistent tone
Rhetorical Question A question with an implied but unstated answer How the Technique Persuades: Suggests the answer as self evident and therefore the reader must agree
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