1-3. Use the chart to record at least two examples of each of the persuasive techniques Kennedy used in this essay. Explain in what ways each example makes Kennedy’s ideas more less convincing. Persuasive Technique

Example from the Text

Effective or Ineffective? Why?

Appeal to Authority

(Ethos)

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Appeal to Emotion, including charged language

(Pathos)

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Appeal to Reason

(Logos)

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Read the following conclusion for an essay that claims that extreme sports should be more highly regulated because they are too dangerous: whether it is a high level of physical exertion, or extra doses of the "fear factor," it is common for extreme athletes to beat at the door of fate. it is these people who tempt their own mortality, while curious onlookers wait anxiously for the outcome, who must be protected from themselves. which statement provides the most accurate evaluation of the paragraph? a. the closing statement is unsatisfying b. the passage introduces new evidence. c. the thesis is not restated. d. the style is informal and inconsistent.

Read the statement while people must take responsibility for their own actions people cannot be held responsible for the physical characteristics are born with which statement most similar to perspective in the lliad

People who are frugal do well financially because they don’t