The girl who silenced the world in 5 minutes

LI: Analyse text to identify examples of ethos pathos and logos

Persuasive Reading Analysis: Video

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 speaker said that, “Adults, you must change your ways”. She used a strong statement that grabbed the audience’s attention and kept doing this throughout the speech.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	She said that, “She’s scared to go out in the sun because of the holes in the ozone layer and she’s scared to breathe the air because of the chemicals in it”.  She presented many good facts to her audience.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	The speaker said,  “we all are someone’s child”. She makes that audience feel that they should think about it.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	The speaker says facts that makes the audience change their minds and think the same way as she does.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	She makes a powerful statement, “If you can’t fix it don’t break it”. This statement reinforces her argument that makes the adults at the UN conference feel that they should do something.