1. Warm-up
Re-write the following sentences, altering the words in italics so that they are written in correct parallel structure:
We were dirty, hungry, and without a penny.
My roommate liked to repair things around the house and his own cooking.
During the day, we went on long hikes, rowed around the lake, or just leisure time.
She returned to pay the rent and because she had left some of her things.
Two things that I found hard to learn as a freshman were to get enough sleep and trimming expenses.

2. MSL Poetry Practice
Next to each Multiple Choice question, write a phrase/line/word and line number that supports the answer you selected.
Constructed Response:
Underline your theme.
Brackets around where you addressed the prompt.
Broken underline under your example.
Wavy underline under your analysis. (Check: Does your analysis explicitly state how the example supports your topic sentence?)

3. Persuasive Techniques
Nonfiction
Persuasive Techniques

4. Persuasive Techniques
Logical Appeal (logos) – engage the reader’s ability to think clearly
Emotional Appeal (pathos) – stir readers’ feelings and personalize the issue for the audience.
Ethical Appeal (ethos) – establish yourself as a fair and knowledgeable speaker; call upon your readers’ sense of right and wrong.

5. Rhetorical Devices
Analogies – give readers new ways of thinking about your issue by making a comparison between your issue and something familiar.
Repetition – focuses readers’ attention on key terms and core ideas.
Using parallelism is especially effective.
Rhythm – create rhythm by using rhymes, repetition, pauses, and variations in line length, and by balancing long and short words or phrases.

6. Orwell’s Essay: Evaluate the effectiveness of Orwell’s argument
Orwell’s Essay: Evaluate the effectiveness of Orwell’s argument. Identify the persuasive technique he uses and his argument. Include two examples to support your answer.