1. Homework review:
- What presidential speech did you read? What claims did the president make? Did the president provide enough proof to convince you? Overall, was the speech memorable and/or effective?
- What are the "hot topics" of our time? List your favorite on the small white board.
2. Persuasive techniques - What do companies do to separate you from your money?
Top 10 Magazine Ads: http://www.themost10.com/10-most-effective-magazine-ads/
3.Work with a partner to discuss the techniques used in any two of the ads found at: https://www.google.com/search?q=magazine+ads&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ZJ7zUvP6MYOCogTezIHwAw&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=605
4. You will be given a magazine ad. Study it. List and explain the techniques used to persuade you to purchase the product or service. You may refer back to the list on Tuesday's blog. Also, identify the target audience and explain how you know that is the audience.
5. Let's get rid of those pesky run-on sentences. Here's how! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm
Solution #1:
Let's meet the FANBOYS! They are a wonderful group of words designed to connect words and independent clauses (sentences). However, since sentences are usually bigger than words, they must call for help! Also, meet the powerful comma, a multifaceted punctuation mark!
Solution #2: Semicolons alone
Solution #3: Semicolons with conjunctive adverbs/(Snob words), and commas
Solution #4: Write two sentences instead on one on-and-on sentence.
In class, you will be writing sentences that demonstrate your ability to correctly use all four solutions!
Homework
Read books, newspapers,magazines, or on-line articles, and locate a sentence that is an example of each run-on solution. Post in CANVAS. Provide a Works Cited entry at the end to show me where you found the sentences. The sentences may come from one or more sources. 25 pts.
A. Pick a topic from the top 10 list.
B. Read three articles about the topic.
C. Answer the following questions:
- What are the pros and cons of the topic?
- What are the problems?
- What questions exist?
- Are there answers? (Think of problems and solutions.)
D. Now, explain why you are interested in the topic. (paragraph)
E. Post a Works Cited page to show what articles you read.
F. Was one article more powerful than the other two? Explain why or why not. Post in Canvas. (50 pts.)
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