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Worksheet 1

Persuasive language techniques


Find an example of each of the following persuasive language devices in the Barack Obamas
video and fill in the table to assist in the analysis of them:


Device

Example in the video Meaning in the video Purpose- why is it
used?
Simile



Metaphor




Satire




Attacking the person
and not the
argument




Exaggeration





Loaded Language

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