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aCTIvITy 3.13
continued
Playing with Persuasive diction:
appealing to Pathos
my Notes
Your two new sentences:
a.
b.
Check Your Understanding
Respond to the following questions about the note you just revised:
• What is the relationship between persuasive diction and appealing to pathos?
• What power adjectives and verbs did you add that were especially effective?
• If you were going to improve the practice paragraph even more, what would you do? What do you notice it is missing? Explain.
Revising for Persuasive Diction: Return to the body paragraph you wrote and revised for the model argumentative letter (Activity 3.11). Revise the paragraph for persuasive diction. To properly add pathos to the development of your argument,
be sure to
• Mark the text for appeals to pathos you may have already used.
• Add emotional appeals that support your logical appeals for a balance that fits your purpose and audience.
• Use looping to revise by adding new ideas and persuasive diction (power verbs and adjectives).
INdePeNdeNT
readING lINk
Read and Respond
Find at least five words or phrases that carry strong emotional meaning in your independent reading book. Write them in your Reader/ Writer Notebook and set
a goal to use them in your own writing.
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