Thursday, March 7, 2013

Thursday, March 7, Lgial vs. Emotional Appeals / Persuasive writing

Objective:  By the end of class, students will be assessed on their knowledge of logical vs. emotional appeals and contniue to develop organizers for persuasive essay.

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Logical vs. Emotional Appeals Quiz

For the following, identify whether it is an emotional or logical appeal, and WHY:

1) Everyone knows that Randolph is the best high school in the city. No other school has students that are as smart as we do at Randolph.

2) With over 1 billion active users, Facebook is without a doubt the most popular social networking site.

3) James is an excellent student. On his last report card, he got 3 As and 2 Bs.

4) That movie was the worst I have ever seen. Everyone thinks it is horrible.

5) Eating too much fast food is really bad for you.

6) People use twitter too much. Data shows twitter users post up to 1.8 million tweets every hour. That’s crazy.


Direct / Guided / Independent 

Continue to work on essays!!!! 

Exit Pass

What is your strongest emotional  appeal for your essay?

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