after the fire - kurt

Learning Intention:  Analyse text to identify ethos, pathos and logos.

Persuasive Reading Analysis:

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	Everything is wood so when the fire started the whole town burned in to bits and the law said that we must make everything bricks but other people
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	Yes	The leaders supported the people to move the burned houses to the lake to make more space and to make the land a special place.
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	The leader had a plan he said they should put the burned things in the lake so there is space
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	Sad because their homes were burned and  they have to build their own house and some of the people want to build their home with wood but some of the people want to build their houses with brick and but brick is cost lot of money and then other people said that was foolish, and they made it a law.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	the people said that wood did not cost as much as bricks. They wanted to use wood. Other people said that was foolish, and they made it a law.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	There was a big fire and everything was made of wood then after 30 hours it rained and all the homes are burned.