Persuasion as a genre of reading and writing serves what purpose -

allows writers a way to convince others of their position

A target audience is...

the group of people toward which an argument is directed

LOGOS as a persuasive technique

uses logic and reasoning, statistics and data

It is important to understand both sides of an argument because...

it can help to strengthen my own argument

The CLAIM in a persuasive paper is

the writer's position on an issue

Using ETHOS in persuasion

uses a credible person, organization, or celebrity

predicting what the "other side" will say and refuting it

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Persuasion as a genre of reading and writing serves what purpose -
encourages people to fight with one another
allows writers a way to entertains
allows writers a way to convince others of their position
gives factual information only
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A target audience is...
people not expected to buy a product
statistics, examples, and quotes
the group of people toward which an argument is directed
a group of people who get angry at commercials
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LOGOS as a persuasive technique
uses logic and reasoning, statistics and data
uses credible people or celebrities
focuses on right and wrong
uses emotional appeals
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It is important to understand both sides of an argument because...
it can help to strengthen my own argument
I can manipulate people that way
It doesn't help to understand both sides
It can weaken my argument
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The CLAIM in a persuasive paper is
the writer's position on an issue
the support and examples
the topic sentence
using personal credibility to convince
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What is the PURPOSE of persuasive writing, ads, or speeches?
to lull the reader to sleep
to inform
to convince
to entertain
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PATHOS as a persuasive technique uses
lots of data and statistics
emotional appeal
logical appeal
expert opinions
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Using ETHOS in persuasion
uses a lot of personal stories
uses a credible person, organization, or celebrity
uses emotional appeals
uses lots of facts and statistics
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COUNTERARGUMENT is
never admitting that there's another side to your topic
trying to convince through manipulation of information
predicting what the "other side" will say and refuting it
using emotional appeals to convince
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Including lots of numbers and researched data to back up my claim is using which technique?
LOGOS
COUNTER ATTACK
ETHOS
PATHOS
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A sad, lonely puppy is shivering in the cold. Which appeal technique is being used?
TARGET AUDIENCE
LOGOS
ETHOS
PATHOS

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