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rhetorical devices

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They are asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Rhetorical question

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Hyperbole

List of 3

This is based on the principle that things that come in threes are more effective than any other number. When used in words, either by speech or text, the reader or audience is more likely to consume the information if it is written in threes.

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Hyperbole

Rule of three

Anecdote

This is used to exaggerate what you are saying for dramatic effect or to convey or intensify an emotion.

Hyperbole

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Anecdote

Repetition

You may want to use instructional words to create a call to action or make your audience think.

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Rule of three

Rhetorical questions

Imperative command

This is used when the writer or speaker purposefully directs their message to an individual or group of people. This could be by using the pronoun you, their name or names, or nicknames.

Imperative command

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Direct address

Repetition

This is a technique where you pick specific words you can get your audience to feel a certain way. For example, you may use the words tragic, appalling or outrageous to create certain feelings in your reader or listener.

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Hyperbole

Emotive Language

Wrong answer

Is when a single word or phrase is used multiple times in short succession for effect. It can help emphasise a point.

Rule of three

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Anecdote

Repetition

This is a short story that relates to the subject in a different context, often it's a personal story from the speaker's own life. They are used to create an emotion in their reader or listener.

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Hyperbole

Anecdote

Rhetorical question

These are statements which are true. By using them as a rhetorical device, you can convince the audience that your argument is the truth, too.

Hyperbole

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Facts

Anecdote

Amanda Gorman wrote this for the presidential Inauguration - we have been studying it in our lessons.

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Poem

Speech

Newspaper article

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