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NZ Speeches: AFFOREST Techniques
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NZ Speeches: AFFOREST Techniques
Identify AFFOREST persuasive techniques in speech excerpts and consider how they may influence a New Zealand audience. Then plan a short persuasive speech.
Recognise the techniques
Match each AFFOREST letter to the technique it represents. The two F entries stand for different techniques.
1.Match each letter in AFFOREST with its correct technique.
- A
- F
- F
- O
- R
- E
- S
- T
- Triplets (rule of three)
- Opinion
- Statistics
- Emotive language
- Figurative language
- Alliteration
- Rhetorical question
- Facts
Apply and analyse
Read each original speech excerpt and choose the technique that is most clearly being used.
2.“We can restore the track, revive the stream and welcome the birds back.” Which AFFOREST technique is most prominent?
- Alliteration
- Triplets (rule of three)
- Rhetorical question
- Statistics
3.“A survey of 240 residents found that 156 had joined a local planting day.” Which AFFOREST technique is most prominent?
- Opinion
- Statistics
- Emotive language
- Figurative language
4.“Can we really call this progress if the last patch of old forest is gone?” Which AFFOREST technique is used?
- Fact
- Rhetorical question
- Alliteration
- Statistics
5.Consider this line from a speech about restoring a local wetland: “Our precious awa is choking beneath a blanket of rubbish.” Identify two AFFOREST techniques in the line and explain how each might affect a New Zealand audience.
6.Plan a brief speech asking your school community to protect native bush. Write an opening sentence, a statistic you could use, an emotive phrase, and a closing triplet. Mark any statistic that still needs checking before the speech is delivered.
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