1. INSTRUCTIONS INFO TO KNOW Soundtrack Song Project

2. 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

3. 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?

4. Attention Getter Rhetorical question Famous quote Unusual/shocking statement Humor Startling statistic

5. 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.

6. Impactor Rhetorical question Famous quote Unusual/shocking statement Humor Startling statistic