Linguistic Frameworks and Everyday Discourse · Contemporary Language

Grammar and Syntax in Persuasion

Evaluating how sentence structure and grammatical choices are used to influence and manipulate audiences.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the use of the passive voice allow writers to obscure agency and responsibility?
  2. 2What is the rhetorical effect of using imperatives in political or advertising discourse?
  3. 3How does syntactic parallelism create a sense of logic and inevitability in persuasive writing?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

A-Level: English Language - Grammar and SyntaxA-Level: English Language - Rhetoric and Persuasion
Year: Year 12
Subject: English
Unit: Linguistic Frameworks and Everyday Discourse
Period: Contemporary Language

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