Youve Convinced Me The Authors Influence

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Youve Convinced Me!The Authors Influence

• Writers use certain techniques to persuade their
  audience
• Here are some tips to keep in mind

Adapted from Buckle Down! Buckle Down
Publishing Co. 2000.
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Tip 1 Be aware of authors bias.

• Bias is the authors
  outlook or prejudice.

Example A fan of rap music writing a music
review about a country music song may be bias.
Why? _________ _________________________
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Tip 2 Read between the lines to discover the
authors purpose.

• Authors tone helps
  determine purpose.

Positive/negative tone trying to convince
. Neutral tone trying to educate/explain
. Emotional tone
trying to entertain .
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Types of Persuasive Writing

• Editorial
• Fact-based column
• Usually found in newspapers or magazines
• Bewarenot always written by an expert

• Letter to Editor
• Details a readers opinion about a topic/article
• Usually have a strong positive or negative tone

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More Types of Persuasive Writing

• Review
• Column expressing a critics opinion
• About a performance, exhibit, or workmovie,
  song, etc.

• Essay
• Nonfiction writing
• Expresses an opinion on a topic
• Author can be anyone

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Intermission!

• Read the passage on the bottom of page 87 of
  Buckle Down! Reading book.
• Below, answer the three multiple-choice questions
  on page 88.

1. C .
2. B .
3. B .
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Tip 3 Notice how writing techniques (i.e. the
Six 1 Traits) support purpose

• Organization
• -How much is fact? Opinion?
• -Is opposing side mentioned or even misquoted?

• Sentence structure
• -Are many questions asked? Answered?

• Word choice
• -Is language difficult or easy to
• understand? Repetitious?

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Another Intermission!

• Below, answer the three multiple-choice questions
  on page 89 (skip 6).

4. A .
5. D .
7. B .
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Tip 4 Evaluate fact and opinion in the passage.

• Remember facts can be distorted .
• A fact can be proven true or false, but an
  opinion cannot.

• Good persuasive writing includes
• opinions supported by facts .

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Tip 5 Recognize
propaganda techniques.

• Heres a few
• Stereotyping making unfair judgments about a
  group
• Snobbery making people think they are better
  than others by acting or thinking a certain way
• Ordinary folks associating a message with
  simple values and down-to-earth people (i.e.
  Country Time lemonade ads).
• Appeal to science suggesting science supports a
  claim when it really does not
• Oversimplification making claims that arent
  properly defined

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Just two quick questions

• Read the passage on the top of page 93 then
  answer questions 10 and 11 below

10. A _____________________ B
_____________________ C
_____________________ D
_____________________ E
_____________________ F _________________
11. A .
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Tip 6 Beware of faulty logic.

• Does the author
• Jump to conclusions or make sweeping
  generalizations ?

• Make assumptions ?

• Ignore evidence that
• does not support his/her argument?

Thats all, folks!