The First Flyers

Persuasive Reading Analysis:

Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.

What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?

Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each

strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing

yes or no in the second column. If you write yes, then explain how the author

used that strategy.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The main idea is about the Wright brothers inventing the first plane.  The writer wanted to persuade the reader to recognise the genius of the brothers and way they and their invention are an important part of human history.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	While many people were attempting to design a plane that would fly, the Wright brothers were the first to succeed. “There were no planes and people wanted to fly”.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	No
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	“ Most people thought they would not be able to do it. The brothers knowledge about planes and the fact that they were engineers in this field help them raise money and increased their credibility.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	No
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	No