The Girl that silenced the world for five minutes

Persuasive Reading Analysis:

L.I. Analyse text to identify examples of ethos, logos and pathos

The Girl that Silenced the world for five minutes

Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.

What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?

Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each

strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing yes or no in the second column. If you write yes, then explain how the author used that strategy.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	Severn Suzuki starts her strong speech with a loud voice saying that adults need to change their ways,and that she was fighting for her future and for her generation, and for all generations.e.g.” I am fighting for my future”
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	Within the speech Severn Suzuki gives different varieties of facts saying ….”I am afraid to go out in the sun because of how bad the ozone layer is”. With the speaker's facts Severn says “That if a child has nothing and wants to help people in need then why can’t we do it”.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	Suzuki words and actions make you empathise,worried,and scared of what these adults and people are doing to the environment and to the world. Using the audience, the speaker addresses their relationship as fathers,mothers,aunts,uncles and most strongly children.”you are all children
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	Severn uses true and strong facts that are getting the delegates and the adults attention.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	Severn Suzuki makes a powerful statement.”If you can’t fix it don’t break it !.This statement strengthens her argument that makes adults think about how they can fix this situation
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	Yes	Severn focuses on her research and shifts her studies to her powerful speech she tells the adults.e.g. The ozone is now destroyed because of what we are doing to the world.etc.