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Create a 2-3 minute persuasive piece to convince people of the importance of reading the novel Lord of The Flies. Both written skills and rhetorical skills are key. Rhetorical skills are all about presenting, justifying, and arguing one side of an issue to convince others of your point of view.   Introduce the book for the audience—briefly summarizes the plot and themes. Use persuasive elements to convince the audience. Include the personal impact that this novel has had on you/can have on others. Answer the question—Why is it important that everyone reads this book? Provide the deeper meaning behind the book.

Create a 2-3 minute persuasive piece to convince people of the importance of reading the novel Lord of The Flies. Both written skills and rhetorical skills are key. Rhetorical skills are all about presenting, justifying, and arguing one side of an issue to convince others of your point of view.   Introduce the book for the audience—briefly summarizes the plot and themes. Use persuasive elements to convince the audience. Include the personal impact that this novel has had on you/can have on others. Answer the question—Why is it important that everyone reads this book? Provide the deeper meaning behind the book.

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Create a 2-3 minute persuasive piece to convince people of the importance of reading the novel Lord of The Flies. Both written skills and rhetorical skills are key. Rhetorical skills are all about presenting, justifying, and arguing one side of an issue to convince others of your point of view.

 

Introduce the book for the audience—briefly summarizes the plot and themes. Use persuasive elements to convince the audience. Include the personal impact that this novel has had on you/can have on others. Answer the question—Why is it important that everyone reads this book? Provide the deeper meaning behind the book.

c. What have others (EXPERTS) had to say about this book?

Use researched facts and statistics to support your claims. Provide the author's or the study's name and (Page number/paragraph number).

Avoid USING bias. Example of some is attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some notes below to help create a strong argument.

 

 

 

Thesis; a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point: This is a strong argument in

favor of her love of cheeseburgers.

2. the process of reasoning; series of reasons to support a thesis: I could totally follow his

argument.

Claim – the main argument of a piece of persuasive writing. A Claim is when an author says something that may or may not be true. A Claim can be argued

Premise—a piece of evidence presented in an argument

Valid—an argument is valid if and only if all of the premises are true, and the conclusion must be true.

Example: Premise 1—All mammals have lungs.

Premise 2—All rabbits are mammals.

Conclusion—All rabbits have lungs. This statement is always true. The argument is valid.

Invalid—an argument is invalid if the conclusion CAN be false.

Example: Premise 1: My sister loves chocolate.

Premise 2: My sister loves cake.

Conclusion: My sister loves chocolate cake. Whether this is true or false does not

matter. If it CAN POSSIBLY BE false, the conclusion is invalid.)

Sound: an argument is sound if and only if it is valid and contains only true premises.

Example: Premise 1—All mammals have lungs.

Premise 2—All rabbits are mammals.

Conclusion—All rabbits have lungs. This statement is always true. The argument is valid.

Here all of the premises are true and the argument is valid. Hence, it is a sound argument.

 

Bias by story/example selection Bias by Placement Story placement is a measure of how important the editor considers the story. Studies have shown that, in the case of the average newspaper reader and the average news story, most people read only the headline. Bias by placement is where on a website (or newspaper) or in an article a story or event is printed; a pattern of placing news stories so as to downplay information supportive of either conservative views or liberal views. To locate examples of bias by placement, observe where a media outlet places political stories. Or whenever you read a story, see how far into the story each viewpoint first appears. In a fair and balanced story, the reporter/writer would quote or summarize the both views at about the same place in the story. If not, you've found bias by placement. Bias by spin occurs when the piece has only one interpretation of an event or policy, to the exclusion of the other, spin involves tone - it's a reporter's subjective comments about objective facts, makes one side's ideological perspective look better than another. To check if it's spin, observe which interpretation of an event or policy a news story matches. Many news stories do not reflect a particular spin. Others summarize the spin put on an event by both sides. But if a story reflects one to the exclusion of the other, then you've found bias by Bias by Placement (continued) will include experts, but in those that do, make sure about an equal number of both sides are quoted. If a story quotes non-experts, such as those portrayed as average citizens, check to be sure that about an equal number come from both sides of the issue in question. a pattern of highlighting stories that coincide with the agenda of only one side of the argument, while ignoring stories that coincide with the opposing view; printing a story or study released by a group but ignoring studies on the same or similar topics released by the opposing group. To identify bias by story selection you'll need to know both sides of the issue. Bias by Spin
Transcribed Image Text:Bias by story/example selection Bias by Placement Story placement is a measure of how important the editor considers the story. Studies have shown that, in the case of the average newspaper reader and the average news story, most people read only the headline. Bias by placement is where on a website (or newspaper) or in an article a story or event is printed; a pattern of placing news stories so as to downplay information supportive of either conservative views or liberal views. To locate examples of bias by placement, observe where a media outlet places political stories. Or whenever you read a story, see how far into the story each viewpoint first appears. In a fair and balanced story, the reporter/writer would quote or summarize the both views at about the same place in the story. If not, you've found bias by placement. Bias by spin occurs when the piece has only one interpretation of an event or policy, to the exclusion of the other, spin involves tone - it's a reporter's subjective comments about objective facts, makes one side's ideological perspective look better than another. To check if it's spin, observe which interpretation of an event or policy a news story matches. Many news stories do not reflect a particular spin. Others summarize the spin put on an event by both sides. But if a story reflects one to the exclusion of the other, then you've found bias by Bias by Placement (continued) will include experts, but in those that do, make sure about an equal number of both sides are quoted. If a story quotes non-experts, such as those portrayed as average citizens, check to be sure that about an equal number come from both sides of the issue in question. a pattern of highlighting stories that coincide with the agenda of only one side of the argument, while ignoring stories that coincide with the opposing view; printing a story or study released by a group but ignoring studies on the same or similar topics released by the opposing group. To identify bias by story selection you'll need to know both sides of the issue. Bias by Spin
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