Emotive Words

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Emotive Words

• Emotive language is made up of words that make
  you feel a certain way. These are known as
  EMOTIVE WORDS.
• Can you guess why they are called EMOTIVE words?

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Emotive words can be found in a variety of text
types

• Newspaper reports
• Poems
• Leaflets
• Speeches
• Can you think of any more?

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Which emotive words could describe this mans
anger?

• Boiling anger
• Explosive anger
• Steaming with anger
• Red hot anger
• Think of your own emotive words and phrases.

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An emotive word helps you to understand a
particular feeling

• Can you remember the emotive words from the
  previous slide?
• Boiling
• Explosive
• Steaming
• Red hot
• How do you imagine the man was feeling?

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Mime the following emotive words

• Heart-stopping fear

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Mime the following emotive words

• Icy pale with worry

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Mime the following emotive words

• Explosive anger

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Mime the following emotive words

• Brutal embarrassment

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Mime the following emotive words

• Brimming with happiness

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Mime the following emotive words

• An ecstasy of pain

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Emotive words are used to try and make you feel
a certain way. Can you think of a few examples
for the following?

• Charity leaflets that try to persuade you to
  donate money by encouraging you to feel
  sympathetic
• Newspaper articles that are biased because the
  writer wants you to feel the same as they do
• Poems - The poet may want you to feel the same as
  they do about their chosen topic.

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Well Done!

• Remember to look for emotive words in both
  fiction and non-fiction texts and
• Try to use emotive words in your own writing