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LESSON 1 Persuasive Writing - a type of writing that aims at convincing people to think, feet, or to act in the writer’s way. - Persuasive texts may be in the form of essays in books, articles in newspapers & magazines, posters and of course, advertise...

LESSON 1 Persuasive Writing - a type of writing that aims at convincing people to think, feet, or to act in the writer’s way. - Persuasive texts may be in the form of essays in books, articles in newspapers & magazines, posters and of course, advertisements: All these forms of persuasion try to get the readers to agree or to take an action. A persuasive writing usually contains: a. the writer's opinion b. evidence or information c. the action that the writer wants the reader to do Some of the Persuasive Techniques 1) Rhetorical Questions - this is a question that is not intended to be answered. - It is meant to state obvious, or to challenge the readers & to make them think. 2.) Repetition - Repeating key words or phrases will likely make readers remember them. 3. Bandwagon - this is the technique that would convince a reader to believe in an idea because the majority or everybody else believes it's true. 4. Appeal to emotion - the use of emotive language can help sway the readers to side with the writer to do what he says. 5) Appeal to authority - the writer needs to establish himself as an authority in the topic he is writing about by using facts, figures & other proofs that would support his opinions or claims. - Introduction - present the topic - Body - present further explanation - Conclusion - summaries LESSON 2 Determining the effect of textual aids on the understanding of the text Textual Aids - refers to non-textual elements that help readers understand the context of the text. - they also refer to elements that stand out from the main text such as titles & subtitles, bold, italicized & underlined texts. Non-textual elements include illustration maps, tables, graphs, & charts. These aids have 2 main functions namely: first, to direct the reader’s attention to important ideas in the text & second, to provide more information as a supplement to what is already written. TEXTUAL AIDS DESCRIPTIONS EXAMPLES 1. TITLES & SUBTITLES Provide initial ideas on 1. Article except from what the text is all https.wwwedc about 2. Coronavirus Activate prior 3. SARS coronavirus knowledge on the 4. Virus education topic 5. Virus seasonality Represents the key concepts (titles) & supporting ideas (subtitles) in the paper (Elite, editing 2015) Layering of positioning of these aids conveys the ideas level of importance 2. ILLUSTRATION Visual representation 1. Mechanical of a subject weathering physically Facilitates better breaks up rock. One retention of the example is called Frost information presented action or Frost shattering. Water gets into cracks & joints in bedrock. When the water freezes it expands & the crack & opened a little wider. One-time pieces. 3. TABLES Information (facts & figures) arranged in column and rows. Used to know patterns & relationships that still appeals to the reader’s verbal system, meaning tables are supposed to be read like a test. COLUMN READING – found on tops of column; used to identify the contents of a specific column ROW READINGS – used to define or  identify the contents of a specific row 4. GRAPHS Used when a sample table cannot adequately demonstrate important relationship of and within data (Mind tools content team 2020) A BAR GRAPH – uses either vertical or horizontal bars to show the data it represents but Skills You Need.com (2020) emphasized that these bars do not touch each other, height of the bar indicates the value it represents. The higher the value it represents, the shorter the bar. A LINE GRAPH – used to show how numerical data have changed over time and it is best used to show trends. PIE GRAPH - show how a whole is divided into different parts PICTOGRAPH - like bar charts but used pictures to symbolize a countable unit of items MAPS - visual representations of selected characteristics of a place, usually drown on a flat surface 2 TYPES OF MAPS A. PHYSICAL MAP - includes labels for  features such as mountains ranges and bodies of water B. POLITICAL MAP - usually includes labels for features such as cities and major towns, units such as states or provinces, and bodies of water 1. MAIN CHARACTER - The watchman 2. PLOT - watchman waiting for the signal fire 3. SETTING - the palace roof 4. CONCLUSION - watchman on a palace roof sees a signal fire meaning the Trojan war is over LESSON 3 IDENTIFYING THE AUTHORS PURPOSES Characterization - This pertains by which a writer reveals the personality of a character (this is a process). writer telling the viewers what a character is like. Setting - An element of a story that generally refers to the time and place of a story even a weather described in the story Plot - used to describe the main events of a story, a story sequence where characters systematically play their role 1. Character - They may be human beings in conflict with each other Protagonists - main character Antagonists - total opposite of protagonists plot has a beginning, middle and end. Elements of a short story 1 – Setting 2 – Character 3 – Conflict FILM GENRE Comedy - is generally meant to make people laugh. Its subgenres indude slapstick comedy and romantic comedy.  Horror - aims to evoke viewers nightmares, fear, and terrors of the unknown. Its subgenres include zombie horror and folk horror. Action - This has tremendous impact, continuous high energy, lots of physical stunt and activities. Some of its subgenres are war & military action, spy & espionage action, and martial arts. Sci-fi - Uses visionary Actional science-based description through financial imaginative setting. Some of its subgenres are space travel, time travel, robot and monsters and alien Invision. Romance - The plot revolves around the love of its main character such as courtship, forbidden, or love triangle Thriller - include strong feelings of excitement, tension, suspense, and other similar emotions. Drama - This is various presentation or stories with settings or real - life situation that portray realistic character conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. Its subgenres include political drama, romantic drama, and melodrama. Fantasy - A film genre that most likely overlaps with sci-fi and other genres, but it bases its content on some degrees of scientific truth, fairy tale experience and mystical beings. - Generally, a film has the purposes of to entertain and to inform - A writer might want to evoke a certain emotion from the viewers - The author also intends to make the audience ponder on substantial realizations. A subtext is underlying message, theme, or metaphor being conveyed through the dialogues, images, background music, or even the whole film itself. LESSON 4 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CONTENTS - Find the Similarities - Different kind of materials that can be used for comparing and contrasting like charts, signs, flyers, drawings, magazines, artworks, cartoons, photographs and films. - We COMPARE when we look for the similarities between two persons, objects, characters, ideas, and places. - We CONTRAST when we look for the difference between two persons, objects, characters, ideas, and places. COMPARE (to talk about similar things) - in the same way - as well as - both - each of - just as - similarly - like - too - the same - also CONTRAST (to talk about opposing things) - although - whereas - but - howeves - conversely - on the other hand - In contrast – while - yet - unlike - Graphic organizers are useful learning devices to organize and simplify complex information. These helps build understanding by showing relationship between concepts. A. VENN DIAGRAM - is a graphic organizer that Is made up of two overlapping circles. It is used to compare and contrast the characteristics of any other items, like groups of people, individual people, books, characters, animals, etc. A CHART DIAGRAM - (also called a matrix diagram or a table) is a type of graphic organizer that condenses and organizes data about multiple traits associated with many items or topics. Used to show attributes of items, to compare and contract topics, and to evaluate information. DESCRIBE - Focusing on just one material will probably give you half of the point only. Consider the people, objects, activities, actions, words and phrases. INTERPRET - When you interpret, you explain the meaning of the words, actions, and other information you get from both materials. ANALYZE - when you analyze, you give your opinion, reason, or conclusion you get from both materials.