Literature: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Handouts: * Coach #16: Down with Dress Codes (Persuasion) Homework: * Read AR book 20 – 30 minutes & record progress on chart * Coach #16: Down with Dress Codes (Persuasion) Assignments Due: Coach #15: Derby Days (Fact and Opinion)

Today’s Goal: Learn about persuasive writing and propaganda. Outcomes: Describe what is meant by “persuasion” or persuasive writing. Define the following terms: denotation, connotation, propaganda, loaded language, testimonial, bandwagon. Explain the history behind the word “bandwagon.” Name three techniques commonly used in persuasive writing. Review the definitions of “fact” and “opinion.”

Starter #1: What does the word “persuasion” mean? To “persuade” someone means to convince someone to think a certain way or to do something.   Let’s look at a Coach intro article to get a better grasp on this. . . . Please turn to your Cornell Notes handout.

Cornell Notes: Persuasive Writing and Propaganda 1. What is “persuasive writing”? Provide two responses. 2. What communication technique do writers sometimes use in persuasive writing? 3. What is “propaganda”? 4. Name three techniques frequently used in propaganda. 1. 1) Writing that convinces someone to think in a certain way or to do something 2) It combines ideas, information, and language to achieve that purpose 2. They take advantage of the difference between a word’s “denotation” and its “connotation.” Denotation: Explicit, primary meaning Connotation: Implied secondary meaning 3. Using language, ideas, and information to support one side of an argument or opinion while discrediting the other. 4. Loaded language, testimonial, and bandwagon

Cornell Notes on Persuasive Writing continued 5. Define the following terms: 1) Denotation 2) Connotation 3) Loaded Language 4) Testimonial 5) Bandwagon 6) Fact 7) Opinion 5. 1) A word’s dictionary meaning 2) The implied meaning of a word, whether positive or negative 3) Words carefully chosen in order to provoke an emotional response: “A group of children sitting in a park.” “A gang of children sitting in a park.” 4) When a famous person supports a particular product or idea/opinion 5) Communicating that something is desirable because “everyone is doing it” 6) A statement that can be proven true 7) A statement that cannot be proven; it’s merely someone’s personal judgment