Which side are you on?

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 clip begins with a single view of a boy who thinks that ants are worthless!  He thinks that they should be squished.  The ant - then tries to persuade the boy to think of what is happening from its perspective.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	While the boy said that ants destroy picnics take away all the food, the ant says that The ant said “We only take a little bit of food , that’s all it takes o feed the whole colony.”
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	This appeals to my emotions because  there  are two different ways to look at it. The ant said that she has an important job, “It is my job to gather food to feed the young.”
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	They both give facts to make the audience believe them.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	If the ant is not successful in persuading the boy then it will die when he squishes it.
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	Yes