English LanguageYears 10–11Paper 2 Writing

Vocabulary and rhetorical techniques

Deploy a wide vocabulary and rhetorical devices (anaphora, tricolon, antithesis) to craft persuasive writing (AO5)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Think of rhetorical techniques as special tools in your writer's toolbox. 🛠️

  2. 2

    What is a rhetorical technique?

  3. 3

    Let's look at one technique: rhetorical questions. A question you don't really answer!

  4. 4

    Drag the words to build a rhetorical question that makes the reader feel guilty.

  5. 5

    Which of these is a rhetorical question?

  6. 6

    Another tool: repetition. Saying the same word or phrase over and over to make it stick. 🔁

  7. 7

    Why do writers use repetition?

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