Ari and the pizza

LI: Analyse text to find examples of Ethos, Pathos and Logos.

Persuasive Reading Analysis : Ari And The Pizza

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	Ari wants pizza for dinner and he needs to persuade his mum to get it.  “Hey mum lets ‘s get pizza for dinner tonight?”
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	Ari tells his mum that you can choose any topping you want and he has a coupon,which means that they can buy the pizza for cheap.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	Ari tells his mum that she has been working hard and is looking tired and could have a break from cooking if they bought the  pizza.
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	Ari gets his mother to think about pizza she says ”pizza isn't that hard to order since Ari knows all about pizza and the topping maybe he can help me pick one”
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	Ari tries to get his mum to fall for his trick to buy pizza for dinner and using his coupon to make it cheaper for his mum.
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	Yes	Ari uses information about the food pyramid which shows he has done some research about the food groups. “it has the main food groups”