REVIEW OF PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES

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REVIEW OF PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES
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RHETORICAL QUESTIONS

• A question to which no answer is expected because
  the answer is obvious.

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ALLUSIONS

• An indirect reference to a person, place, event,
  or literary work with which the author believes
  the reader will be familiar.
• Many works contain allusions to the Bible,
  classical mythology, or other works of
  literature.
• By using allusions writers tap the knowledge and
  memory of the reader, drawing upon the
  associations already in the readers mind.

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REPETITION

• The recurrence of words, phrases, or lines.

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PARALLELISMS

• When the speaker or writer expresses ideas of
  equal worth with the same grammatical form.

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ELEVATED LANGUAGE

• Formal words and phrases that lend a serious tone
  to the discussion.