Persuasion in Journalism

Persuasion is influencing others to share one's values or beliefs, pivotal in journalism.
Journalists present claims about people, places, or events, supported by evidence and reasoning to sway audience perspectives.
Techniques of persuasion include:
- Rhetorical Questions: Employed for dramatic effect without the expectation of an answer.
- Testimonials: Formal statements that validate or challenge someone's character to support claims.
- Emotional Appeals: Use charged language to elicit emotional reactions from the audience.
- Persuasive Pronouns: Create a sense of inclusion or distance regarding the topic.
- Expert Opinions: Testimonies from field experts that enhance credibility and connection to the topic.

Folklore encompasses the stories, customs, and beliefs of a community passed down through generations, primarily through oral tradition.
Serves to preserve the cultural essence of a group, including customs and beliefs.
Myths: Explore origins and worldviews of cultures, discussing creation, the universe, or specific religious beliefs; they often feature non-human characters.
Legends: Narratives about actual people or places, grounded in historical truth.

Poetry is diverse in structure, incorporating various rules of form, rhyme, and stanza.
Key poetic forms:
- Couplet: Two rhyming lines with identical meter.
- Haiku: A three-line poem structured with 5-7-5 syllables, lacking a fixed meter or rhyme scheme.
Meter: The rhythmic structure based on syllable stress patterns:
- Iamb: Unstressed-stressed (e.g., re-FORM).
- Trochee: Stressed-unstressed (e.g., TA-ble).
- Dactyl: Stressed-unstressed-unstressed (e.g., EL-e-phant).
Rhyme Scheme: Specific patterns of rhyming words at line ends.
Stanza: Isolated sections within a poem, marked by line breaks, that contribute to the overall meaning.

Concrete poems blend literature and visual art, seen across historical periods, evolving as an experimental form.
The interplay between visual elements and language deepens meaning, encouraging multi-level engagement from readers.

Poetic license allows deviations from standard punctuation and capitalization conventions to convey feelings and meanings uniquely.
Classic poetry typically capitalizes the first letter of each new line, contrasting with prose, which capitalizes the first letter of each new sentence while both capitalize proper nouns.
Poems may utilize punctuation differently, potentially placing marks in the middle of lines to guide reader pauses, enhancing rhythmic interpretation.