Homework Should Be Banned

Persuasive Reading Analysis: Homework should be banned.

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 first claim the author has written is ‘Most little kids get far too much homework’. This tells the audience that this author is arguing about the amount of homework kids get.
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 facts this author explains to us is that ‘Sitting around for hours doing homework is dreadfully unhealthy’. This statement reports back to the audience as a idea of kids not being healthy and fit because of the amount of homework kids receive at school.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	This writer tells us readers that parents get frustrated by homework and children's get stressed out by homework.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	This author tries to persuade the audience with Ethological idea such as “Kids work hard at school all day so they need time to relax and refresh their brains”.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	No
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