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There is no quick way around this other than to say you will need to memorise DAFOREST
and be able to spot it in source 3. The great thing about it is that the effect it has on the
reader is always the same, so if you can memorise it now you pretty much have your answer
ready for question three. Here is another table explaining the effect of each technique:
TECHNIQUE EFFECT ON THE READER
Direct address Engages the reader to read on as they feel that, by being addressed
directly, the text is specifically for them.
Alliteration Makes the text catchy – it sticks in the reader’s head.
Fact Make the text seem authoritative, accurate and therefore believable.
Opinion Sways the reader towards the writer’s viewpoint.
Rhetorical question Engages the reader to read on as they feel that, by being addressed
directly, the text is relevant to them.
Emotive language Makes the topic of the text seem overly good or bad, depending on
the purpose of the text.
Statistics Make the text seem authoritative, accurate and therefore believable.
(rule of) three Makes the text catchy – it sticks in the reader’s head.
If you can memorise the details in the table above, then answering question three becomes
simple:
• Read source 3, highlighting the DAFOREST techniques as you find them. You may not
find them all, but there should always be at least five of them.
• Turn each one into a separate PEE paragraph, using the formulaic answers from the
table above. For example:
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on question 3
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‘The writer of the anti-smoking leaflet uses direct address in
the article, asking ‘do you want to die young?’ The use of ‘you’
grabs the reader’s attention and makes them feel the article is
written just for them. It makes them want to read on.
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