Little Ant analysis

LI: Analyse text to identify ethos, pathos and logos.

Persuasive Reading Analysis:little ant

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 clips starts with a single perspective that all ants should be killed.They do lots of bad things to this child.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	The ant was using facts to make the boy not squish the ant but what the ant said was“What if I was you, what would I do?”. In it it says that the child gives facts about what ants can do to destroy picnics and more.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	It appeals to my emotions because that there was only one ant and a child that was a giant compared to the ant.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	No
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