English II Lesson 4 Persuasive Texts
A persuasive argument does not require that you include any logical reasons or valid evidence.
False
knave
a dishonest or untrustworthy person
chagrin
a feeling of humiliation
By speaking of his own experience in being a leader in the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt uses the appeal to ______.
ethos
What argument does Roosevelt present in paragraph 3?
Athletics should never take the place of intellectual development.
What is Roosevelt saying in the following sentence? Understand me, I should think mighty little of you if you permitted chagrin to make you bitter on some point where it was evidently right for you to suffer the chagrin.
Don't let the humiliation of not playing make you bitter.
What three specific examples does Roosevelt give to support his argument in paragraph 3?
Roosevelt's own soldiers were more athletic than he, but he had more endurance and leadership ability. The British officers in the Boer War were not as efficient as they could have been because they played sports too often. Pliny's letter to Trajan
What is the effect of the final paragraph of the letter?
Roosevelt's strong character comes through.
What is Roosevelt's claim or position?
Sports have their place.
In a persuasive text, logos is the strongest appeal.
True
The claim of a persuasive text is a writer's position, opinion, or belief about a particular topic or issue.
True
The following _______ helps to enhance Roosevelt's position. "Athletic proficiency is a might good servant, and . . . a mighty bad master."
metaphor
Roosevelt's tone throughout this letter is mostly ______.
serious
What argument does Roosevelt present in paragraph 2?
that sports have the potential to injure an athlete
acquiesce
to agree, to yield
degenerate
to deteriorate, to diminish in quality