English Language GCSE
Persuasive and rhetorical technique
What Persuasive and rhetorical technique means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Persuasive and rhetorical technique
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Using language creatively, imaginatively and persuasively, including rhetorical questions, antithesis and parenthesis, matched to audience and form.
Topics that use Persuasive and rhetorical technique
- Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing - 2.2 Writing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Audience and purpose
- Audience, purpose and context
- Coherence and cohesion
- Emotional impact and reader engagement
- Form and register
- Selection and organisation of material
- Imaginative and creative language
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