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The article attempts to analyze the verbal means of persuasion appearing in the statements of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the coronavirus pandemic. The material selected for analysis includes statements from the period: 14.03.2020-08.03.2022. The start date is the day of declaring the state of epidemic emergency in Poland, and the final date – refers to the statements from the first week of the state’s operation after the lifting of most sanitary restrictions.The method of linguistic analysis of lexical and grammatical planes was used, with particular emphasis on persuasive means implementing 4 rhetorical mechanisms according to Stanisław Barańczak.