Cellphones

Persuasive Reading Analysis: Cellphones

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 author make his or hers claim in the title of the story saying “The Great Mobile Phone Debate, Should children use mobiles?
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	NO
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	YES	One of the author’s facts that supports his debate about Should children use mobiles was that “Mobile phones emit a dosage of radiation, which is harmful to the user and cause severe brain damage”.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	YES	One of the appeals he used to reach to his audience were “ Parents should think carefully before purchasing a mobile phone for their child ”.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	YES	“Mobiles are useful, however. They enable parents to maintain contact with their children whenever they need to. There are also obvious benefits to their use in emergency situations”. This is one of the trust and credibility facts that this author puts in his or hers work.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	YES	“The recent rise in crimes associated with mobiles is a worrying trend: many of our children are under threat of violence merely by the possession of a phone”. This author is trying to tell us that people may be threatened if you are a child with a possession of a phone.
Research – Uses studies and  information to make the   argument seem more convincing;  this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations.	NO