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Persuasive Writing
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What is the difference between tone and mood?
Mood is the writer's feeling toward a subject & tone is the reader's
Tone is how the reader reacts to the mood.
Mood is how the reader reacts to the tone
Tone is the writer's feeling toward a subject & mood is the reader's
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Persuasive writing focuses on this FIRST.
punctuation
the writer
evidence
the audience
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Voice in writing must be ____ to be considered effective.
authentic and consistent
logical
denotative
formal
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The author's choice of words and their connotations.
none of these
denotation
diction
dialect
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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech
nomenclature
rhetoric
connotation
analysis
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Which is true of connotation?
the implication is the same regardless of context
it is meaningless without explanation
Placed in a different context, a new meaning is revealed
it is the dictionary definition
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By referencing testimonies of smokers who have lost limbs or organs due to smoking, a lawyer is using this.
kairos
logos
ethos
pathos
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At least how many details and reasons should be included in our persuasive writing?
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I don't need any details or reasons!
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3 or more
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In what situation would persuasive writing be the best choice?
To tell your friend all the facts you learned about tigers.
Writing creatively about Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Writing to ask your mom for waffles for every meal
Writing a story about an imaginary talking car.
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Which demonstrates ethos?
"The puppy sat alone in the park as the sun set waiting for its owner."
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
"The time is now. The place is here. The day is today"
"As a professor of Criminology, I beg you to use my experience as your own"
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This is determined by the writer's personality traits, likes and dislikes, age, gender, and diction.
style
diction
connotation
voice
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Omniscient narrators
focus on one character's inner thoughts
use specific diction to convey their style
are not present but know everything
use evidence to support claims
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What is persuasive writing?
Writing that defends a point with evidence.
Writing that tells our audience a story or makes them laugh.
Writing that informs our audience with facts and information
Writing that tries to change a person's mind or opinion.
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Which rhetorical appeal is a call to action by creating a sense of urgency?
ethos
kairos
pathos
logos
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Understanding tone is crucial to understanding
the author's meaning
the audience
the speaker's inner dialogue
the argument being made
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True or false: The prompt of a personal narrative does not matter.
true
false
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Why shouldn't one write the same persuasive letter to his friend as to the principal?
The principal uses informal diction and a friend uses sophisticated diction
A friend would require high level tone and a principal would use low level.
A friend would require low level tone and a principal would use high level.
A friend uses informal diction and the principal uses sophisticated diction
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Why is the second person narrative voice the least employed by writers?
It can offend the reader.
The audience is not in the story.
It can appear unprofessional to direct writing toward one person.
All of these are accurate.
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When composing a persuasive writing piece, what is the most important thing to keep in mind?
Your punctuation
Your audience
Your tone
Your handwriting
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By October 7...
early action takes effect
yearbooks must be purchased
college applications are due
personal narratives are to be uploaded to Naviance
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A character within the story is telling the story from his/her perspective.
First person
Second person
Third person
Third person omniscient.
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What makes a persuasive writing piece a good persuasive writing piece?
Details and Reasons (at least 3)
Saying "Please" alot in your writing piece
Neat Handwriting
Capital letters at the beginning of every sentence.
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The perspective from which a story is told.
none of these
Narrative voice
Diction
Dialect
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When analyzing the purpose or effect of diction, consider all of the following except
the context in which the words are used
differences in denotation and connotation
the number of syllables in the words chosen by the author
the level of formality (register)
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Which determines voice in writing?
How would the character think?
What would the main character be thinking about?
Where would the character be drawn?
all of these
26
Which rhetorical appeal deals with emotion?
kairos
logos
pathos
ethos
