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A good way to remember these techniques:
DAFOREST
Direct Address
Alliteration
Facts
Opinion
Rhetorical Questions/ Repetition
Emotive Language
Statistics
Three (rule of 3)
Effect on the reader: Makes the
reader feel involved in the text
and catches their attention.
Alliteration
i.e. Awesome adventures
always
Effect on the reader: Makes the text
memorable and psychologically intrigues
them.
Facts
i.e. 7/10 women
recommend herbal
essences.
Effect on the reader :Makes the
text look authentic and
impressive.
Opinion
i.e.Vogue is the best magazine
available.
Effect on the reader: Gives the
readers an insight of what the writer
thinks of the situation
Rule of 3
i.e. The lady next door was beautiful,
gorgeous and dazzling. All in one.
Effect on the reader: Gives the text a more
interesting description and a better imagery
is created.
Repetition
i.e We care about
the plants. We care
about the trees. We
care about the
environment.
Effect on the reader: Makes the text
memorable and emphasises the purpose
of the text.
Emotive
Language
i.e His delicate touch sent
tingles shooting through
my body, causing an
eruption of butterflies in
the pit of my stomach.
Effect on the reader: Makes the text
more memorable and effective in luring
the reader on.
Statistics
i.e. 57% of women eat pancakes
daily.
Effect on the reader: Makes
the text look authentic and
sophisticated.
Rhetorical
Questions.
i.e. Do you ever feel like the world is closing in on
you?
Effect on the reader: Makes the
readers feel involved in the text and
grasps their attention
senses
i.e smell,taste,touch see,hear.
this has an effect on the reader and
makes the reader feel alive in the
story the reader to read on.
onomatopoeia
i.e bang,tick tock,squeek
makes the read hear what is going on in the story
long senteces
i.e the man with the big hat was tall,thin and handsome and had
a very deep voice which scared the small kids walking by he was
wear a suit which was black in colour and a whit shirt.