will analyze the different types of argument listed below. We will analyze the elements utilized in the text and we will determine the texts’ purpose.
Informational: Informational texts increase the reader’s knowledge of the topic. Think definition.
Text: Bullying Definition, StopBullying.gov
Opinion: Known as op-ed pieces in the media, is a piece of media typically found in magazines or newspapers. It is a piece of writing, constructed by a columnist, in which they state their opinion about a relevant topic or issue in society.
Then with your partner, you will find different types of argument about your topic.
Text: Fighting Back Against Bullies, James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Persuasive: Persuasive writing attempts to coarse the reader to perform a certain action or view the topic in the same way as the writer using appeals. An appeal is a device used in nonfiction to persuade you as the audience to feel and react in a specific way. There are three different types of appeals. This persuasion occurs using specific appeals: ethos, pathos, logos. Although persuasive pieces can utilize all three appeals, the tone of the piece usually has one dominate appeal.
Ethos (appeal to character): this is when the filmmaker (or writer) attempts to present an authoritative or credible self-image to convince the audience of the argument.
Pathos (appeal to emotion): this is when the filmmaker (or writer) attempts to make the audience feel a certain way, emotionally, in order to make the argument more believable.
Examples: The personal narratives and anecdotes of the bully victims in the Bully documentary.
Logos (appeal to logic): this is when the filmmaker (or writer) uses facts, evidence, statistics, graphs, basically any type of reason to make the audience believe their audience.
Fiction: Fictional texts can create arguments or messages that are conveyed to the reader through literary elements such as characterization, dialogue, conflict/plot, theme, etc.
Text: The Swan, Roald Dahl
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