my absolute go to- hypophora: you ask the audience a rhetorical question and then immediately answer it
example: what makes nesa so great? their ability to torture students
--> shows that u have confidence in what you're talking about, addressing the audiences' objections before they bring it up.
personal anecdote: EXTREMELY easy to incorporate in any discursive, you can definitely make something up and/or embellish your own if you can't think of anything else although I have some friends who are so stubborn about not writing something they didn't 'actually' experience hahaha
colloquial language (self-explanatory haha) but allows you to build familiarity w audience.
anaphora: extremely effective way to emphasise a point, add rhythm and emotion. for example MLK's "I have a dream speech"
use the same word at the start of successive sentences.
MUCH better than just saying 'repetition' (be careful not to overdo it though since it's a pretty common one with the new syllabus)
apophasis: an easy way to incorporate irony into your work.
Example (Trump's tweets): I would NEVER call [Kim Jong-un] short and fat...
Example: I won't say anything bad about my opponent's history of tax fraud...
--> entertaining for the audience, undermines other arguments or sides.
hyperbole: pretty simple to implement, but most people don't bother to pick it out as a technique for their reflection
EG: it took a thousand years to get my KFC
--> obvious exaggeration, entertaining/interest building and also emphasises your point.
pay attention to language for example adjectives, low vs high modal words, high modal=more formal, more powerful- keep it mostly low modal as this differentiates it from a persuasive
look up logos, pathos and ethos if you haven't already (very helpful for persuasive as well)
there are many obvious techniques such as simile and metaphor- make sure you don't neglect them for being too common- you'd be surprised how many kids still don't know wtf a metaphor is. try and use unique metaphors/simile (although don't be excessively pretentious about it haha like 'her smile was as bright the feathers of the white dove from my mother's second marriage' ). I've given you pretty simple techniques because you need to go through your Mod C texts and see what they've used- the whole point of the module is to show that you can appropriate the techniques you've seen. make sure you know how to link the techniques to ur texts.
BTW you might be forced to do an imaginative or persuasive so prepare for that too!!
