Persuasive Reading-Summit Star

Why does the author address the reader directly in the article about Dogs

• To highlight the most important aspects of the conversation

• To suggest something must change

• To build a connection between speaker and reader

• To instruct the reader how to go about adopting a dog

Which sentence provides the

strongest evidence that people should choose to get an adopted dog over a

store bought puppy?

• Her 2-year-old Golden Retriever leaped up, knocked the

  woman to the floor, and began to jump on her chest until the food became dislodged.

• “Pre-owned” dogs are already socialized and house

  trained.

• They are reducing the opportunity for puppy farms to

  make an illicit buck by churning out unhealthy and poorly socialized puppies to unsuspecting buyers

• Any dog can give you love, but there’s something about

  a RESCUE dog that’s very different.

The Tone Emotion of this Puppy Passage is

• Defensive- One which the consumer is convinced that shelter bought dogs are better then buying from breeders

• Sympathetic-Where you feel sorry for the dogs who are on death row in shelters

• Nostalgic-Where Debbie Parkhurst remembers her dog rescuing her from choking

• All of the above- The story portrays all of these emotions throughout the passage

The Story Uses Which of the following Emotional Appeals

• Ethos-Ethically Telling you that most people now adopt from shelter

• Logos-Telling you the percentage of dogs who are adopted from shelters each year

• Pahos- Emotion because you feel sorry for the dogs

• It uses all of the Above

The definition of Nostalgic is

• To be Happy

• To be negative

• Remembering Thinking of the Past

• Something you do with your nose