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Tuesday 4 August 2015

Caged Animals by Tajai


Persuasive Reading Analysis:
                                                                        L.I Analyse text to identify examples of ethos, logos,pathos  pathos 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 Writer reflects how her i view has changed on about  how animals should not be caged for the entertainment  
Big Names –  Mentions experts and
important people to support the argument
Yes
The author uses the name Willie B a famous gorilla named after William Berry former Mayor of Atlanta.
He had  lived a long life in a Atlanta Zoo for 39 years until he died in 2000 at the age of 41.  
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or  
facts to support the argument
Yes
The Author writes that animals entertain the people
and states that “The animals never had a chance to hunt, play about, or until recently even mate
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions
Yes
The author gives facts that makes  audience empathise about Willie B not having his freedom in the real world.                                                                           
Ethos – Tries to build trust and
credibility
Yes
The Writer states that many animals are sometimes dangerous and changes the reader's Point of view and look  at this situation in the animal's POV and tested what the people are doing to the animals.   
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency  
for the cause
Yes
In the sense the writer wrote this story she puts in details and urgency that why we should let the animals from the zoo go back to their natural habitats
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
The author uses her  knowledge and research she has done and added this knowledge and has added to this writing give the audience a bit more information about what he is writing about. Example   A lot of animals caged in zoos are taken out of their natural environment and climate.

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