Vocabulary for effect: transactional (Edexcel GCSE English Language): Flashcards

Dramatically influences how readers respond to ideas

Words chosen to trigger an emotional response in readers

Creates emotional connection that moves people to action

Immense, huge, mammoth

Disaster, catastrophe, calamity

Frame your view positively, opposing views negatively

Implied meanings & emotional associations words carry

How they make people feel

Emphasises violence and cruelty

Suggests uncivilised behaviour and lack of progress

Questions with an obvious answer you want reader to reach

Makes them feel they're participating in your argument

Subtlety - should feel natural, not forced or dramatic