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Do Now: After Reading 9/ 22/2014. A central idea in Eugene Linden’s article is that animals have high mental abilities to reason and be skillful thinkers: State an anecdote in the article that best supports this central idea . Be sure to use a specific example. Can Animals Think?.
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Do Now: After Reading 9/ 22/2014 • A central idea in Eugene Linden’s article is that animals have high mental abilities to reason and be skillful thinkers: • State an anecdote in the article that best supports this central idea . Be sure to use a specific example.
Can Animals Think? Eugene Linden
Do Now! • What topics would you like to cover in an argument? Please make a list of at least ten topics.
Argument • Writers structure the ideas to convince a reader of a claim. • Your JOB: • First – read through the entire argument to understand the matter being discussed • Then, identify the CLAIM: what the author is trying to prove
Arguments • The author’s claim / opinion is stated as a generalization: • A broad statement that covers many situations.
Hook • Writers need to capture your imagination from the very start. The following are ways that writers grab your attention:
Anecdote • An anecdote is a short story. It can be a story about your own experience or someone else’s experience. Use an anecdote to make a point.
Quote • A quote, or quotation, is a passage that you use in your own writing that was originally written or spoken by someone else. You indicate a quote by putting quotation marks around it and acknowledging its source.
Surprising Fact • A surprising fact is an interesting piece of information that your readers aren’t likely to know. It’s a statement that will make your readers say, “Really?” • Example: The rate of crashes for 16-year-old drivers is almost 10 times the rate for older drivers.
Rhetorical Question • A rhetorical question is a statement in the form of a question. You ask a rhetorical question to make a point, not to get an answer.
Arguments • Identify the support • What type of proof is the author offering to the readers? • Logical appeals? • Emotional Appeals?
Emotional Appeals • Emotional Appeals: to feel something like outrage for a victim… • Loaded Words and Phrases • “Patriotic duty” or “Equitable Justice” “Freedom” • Anecdotes • Brief stories to illustrate the author’s point, often to grab our heart
Logical Appeals • Logical Appeals • reasons why the author holds an opinion, a statement • Offers evidence to back up the statements • Facts • Statistics • Examples • Quotations from experts
Counter Arguments • Gives a chance to respond to a reader’s objections before the reader has finished the reading. • Makes a writer sound like a person who has considered both sides of an argument.
Conclusion • Writers will put together all the information presented to make their final point. • Ask yourself: Does this series of statements designed to convince you actually work? Are you convinced?
Vocabulary for “Can Animals Think?” • Tangible: adj. able to be touched physically • Intangible: adj. incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch • Beguile: attract; cause to be enamored • Awry: adv. Twisted or turned to the side • Aspirate: verb to draw in air, breathe, inhale
Do Now • Write the left hand column for yesterday’s notes. • Add the summary section • Write an entry in Do Now section with today’s date and “Cornell Notes”
Create a two sentence summary of the article. • Be sure you include the main idea and only the key points. • Write it on the front sheet under your prior learning ideas.
