Compare And Contrast Text 1 And Two Persuasive Techniques

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Compare The Persuasive Techniques In Texts 1 And 2 The language choice used by the two authors were very strong and persuasive. They were both anti vandalism and had strong view which they expressed very powerfully to the reader. The two texts could be mistake for a persuasive essay in some ways offering very little rebuttal or a side for the opposition. Both the texts although different show the hardship of the victims of vandalism and the use of emotions through quotes. In text 1 it made lots of statements about the change of the mindset and used lots of figures to support their statements. This technique was used multiple times showing the rising statistics of the vandalism taking place such as “graffiti offences recorded by police have

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