Persuasive Language.

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Across
  1. 3. using your credibility to convince someone
  2. 4. language that makes the audience feel a certain way
  3. 7. The audience that the piece is appealing to
  4. 9. When we include a story in our writing -- it can be our own experience or someone else's.
  5. 10. the main idea of the piece
  6. 13. Asking the reader a question without expecting an answer. Typically, the answer is obvious.
  7. 15. Using stats and facts to convince someone
  8. 16. The most important point in a piece
  9. 17. exaggeration.
Down
  1. 1. When the reader is asked to remember a time/idea/place/experience from the past fondly
  2. 2. Saying the same word or phrase over and over in a piece of writing.
  3. 5. The perspective of someone who knows a lot about a certain topic.
  4. 6. Using emotive language to convince someone
  5. 8. Hard facts and numbers -- often used when taking a logos approach
  6. 11. When words like are used 'we', 'our' and 'us' so the author is in the same group as the reader.
  7. 12. Something used to persuade the audience.
  8. 14. This is when the reader is asked to do something specific by the author. Usually, this is at the end of the piece.