INSTRUCTIONS INFO TO KNOW Soundtrack Song Project
Project Explained You and a group (3-5 members from your class; ex: DELTA) will be choosing individual songs that represent you. This will help us get to know each other and will also serve as a pre-test for your teachers to evaluate your writing skills. Due: Friday, September 12 th ; present to ½ community Requirements: Paragraph/Brainstorming Video (10-15 seconds per person) Group Presentation
Author’s Purpose: Author’s Purpose: The reason for creating a particular work. Example: to inform, to entertain, to express an opinion, to persuade Why are you writing this paragraph? What do you hope this song will do?
Attention Getter Rhetorical question Famous quote Unusual/shocking statement Humor Startling statistic
Persuasion/Rhetoric Persuasive Argument Techniques (Evidence): Pathos (an emotional connection) Anecdote (short entertaining story that relates) Logic and/or Analogy (an educated assumption) Authority and/or Expert Opinion (credible voice on topic) Statistic (Fact about topic) Direct quote (from lyrics) NOTE: You should have reasons to support why the song choice represents YOU.
Impactor Rhetorical question Famous quote Unusual/shocking statement Humor Startling statistic