This term we have been learning persuasive techniques and had a focus on persuasive writing.
What are your thoughts about allowing cell phones at school?
Write your thoughts (after reading the article) in the comment box.
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Saturday, 30 August 2014
Should Cell Phones be Allowed at School?
This term we have been learning persuasive techniques and had a focus on persuasive writing.
What are your thoughts about allowing cell phones at school?
Write your thoughts (after reading the article) in the comment box.
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Aria- 1.At the start of the article they talked about how cell phones are dangerous on the road and that it is a new form of bullying in public.
ReplyDelete2.There are rhetorical questions to get you thinking and they are using emotional matters to you to persuade you. For example they mention the Columbine High School Shooting Massacre and they use that topic to manipulate you into believing children need cell phones in case emergencies like this ever do occur.
3.The target audience for this article is parents because they want more parents to feel safer so that if emergencies ever occur they will be able to keep in contact with their children. But the target audience for the first few paragraphs of the article are aimed at teens because of all they dangers they are mentioning and what happens when teenagers are unsupervised on their cell phones.
4.I would use some more of the dangers of unsupervised teens on their cell phones and about what has happened from that. I would maybe even include a little bit of information about the Amanda Todd story.
1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteThe main argument is that cell phones are good and should be used as long as people are responsible with them and know when to use them. They also talk about phones being dangerous on the roads
2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article? Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
The author gives examples of when cell phones have been used for good and helpful reasons e.g. - We all remember the tragic day, April 20th 1999, the awful Columbine High School Shooting. Two students opened fire on many innocent people that day. Frantic 911 calls were made. Dispatchers and parents were on the line with students using their cell phones to call out for help. Imagine the heartache if you knew someone dear to you was in danger and you had no way to reach him or her. This makes you think and you put yourself in that situation. They also use rhetorical questions.
3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
I think the target audience for this article is really anyone who would like to know if they should allow cellphones in places. I don’t think there was a target audience but if they did have one it would probably be adults who wanted to know if they should allow teens or kids to have cellphones.
4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
I would put in a quote from a kids point of view on why cellphones are good and from an adults point of view. This would show other people agree with you. I would also use more real life examples just to show how handy cell phones are.
1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteThe main argument is do cell phones make life useful or out of control. So people say they are useful because you're on the road driving then smack, once you’ve done spinning around you reach out with the last of your energy and grab your phone and you call 111. But it could have been your phone that caused the accident because you were looking down on at your phone to check a text and then crash. So with a phone it’s life or death you choose.
2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article. Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
In this article it really gets me hooked in it has some persuasive sentences for both arguments. I like how the author has asked people for there unpinion for both sides of the story I personally liked paragraph 3 in the article. for an example the author said We all remember the tragic day, April 20th 1999, the awful Columbine High School Shooting. Two students opened fire on many innocent people that day. Frantic 111 calls were made. They are very effective because the way the author puts one side of the story then changes it to the other side to make you think it really is life or death with just one look done to check a message that might just say hi.
3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
The target for this news article is the people who own cell phones the drunk drivers the one’s who don’t understand there life could put somebody elses in danger. A good point why the article is up is to get the message how it is so easy to lose a life and you need to be careful where you're looking and what your doing.
4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
I think the author did a good job of what he/she does because when I first read that article I was like WOW is it that easy to muck something up. For you shouldn’t be able to have your cell phones I would most probably change it to a family matter then it will get touched in the heart and get the message through to them and realize how serious this cause is. Also maybe some more arguments for the how handy they are instead of repeating the same example over again.
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ReplyDelete1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteI think the main argument is if cell phones are safe enough. I notice that the author does toss about her/his side of the story, like in this paragraph, stating: “Parents need to limit their teen's usage of their cell phones! Limited cell phone plans do exist and need to be introduced more, therefore opening new options for parents and teens.” Then the author switches her/his mind. I know that this is the main argument because the text clearly states: “After you are done spinning out, you reach for your cell phone; with the last amount of energy you have left to call 911. This simple call could save your life, or someone else,” and it also says: “Chelsey Fortner was watching the news that catastrophic day. She didn't own a cell phone at the time, but this got her thinking. If she were in a similar situation, god forbid, wouldn't she want to reach out to her family too? This inspired her to go and purchase a cell phone for emergencies.”
2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article. Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
There are persuasive writing strategies and techniques that I can find. One of them is that the author explains about the ‘the awful Columbine High School Shooting’ and how two students cell phones really saved them in the ‘awful Columbine High School Shooting.’ This is the paragraph that states this: “We all remember the tragic day, April 20th 1999, the awful Columbine High School Shooting. Two students opened fire on many innocent people that day. Frantic 911 calls were made. Dispatchers and parents were on the line with students using their cellphones to call out for help. Imagine the heartache if you knew someone dear to you was in danger and you had no way to reach them.” I know this is a writing strategy and/or a technique because it uses very powerful words like ‘awful’ and ‘innocent people.’ These words really can make people change their minds about cellphones and/or write their own article about how cellphones can change lives.
3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
ReplyDeleteI think that the target audience is adults/parents. I know this because a range of adults/parents are concerned about how long their children are spending on the internet, and going on social networking sites, the world wide web etc. This article is aimed at adults/parents because many of them don’t know what their children are doing on their devices, but are unaware of how amazing cellphones can be, and even save peoples lives. Many adults/parents, and even grandparents, think of cellphones as ‘something you use to chat with friends, or get your mum or dad to pick you up from school early’, and they are unaware of how they are helpful in life, and as the article says; “They are very useful in emergencies and can save lives. As long as people know when the right time to use them, there should be no problem.” I also know this because even MY parents sometimes are unaware of what I am doing on my laptop. My solution for this is for parents to set ground rules for cellphones, and they should be used for emergencies.
4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
If I was the author of this article, I would use the 9.11 tragedy as an example. I would use this as an example because many lives were lost, but luckily, so many people had their cellphones on-hand, that they just did a ‘simple’ call to 911 and told them what was happening. The ambulances got there fast, and a few out of alot got out, but, at least SOME people got out, because many people had their cellphones on-hand. I would use a lot of counter-arguments, so that people wouldn’t deny the topic and my beliefs. Also, I would use exaggeration and a lot of it, because I have read many articles, and know that just a little bit of exaggeration makes people think a little bit more than they have before the article. I really like how the author hooks you in at the start, by using phrases such as “Crackdown!” and “Ban!” I like this because even if you did know the articles name, you would be thinking “What side is the author going to take?” If I were the author, I would DEFINITELY make an interesting start, and a persuasive ending!
1. This article is about should cell phones be allowed or not allowed. At the start of the article, the author has stated reasons why and reasons why not cell phones should be allowed and used in public. A reason for cell phones to be used in public is if there is an emergency, you would need to ring 111, right? The author has used a real life event (Columbine High School Shooting) and said the students and adults would have wanted to contact the police and especially to contact their loved ones. The author has used a very strong reason for us to believe we should be allowed and to use our cell phones. The counterargument is the author has found a study on what out of driving while talking or texting on the cell phone and drink driving has more effects. The study concluded that people who talked or texted on the cell phone while driving is more harm than drunk drivers. The author has said cell phones do pose potential threats. This study is actually really interesting because a majority of people would think intoxicated drivers are more likely to cause harm than people talking or texting while driving.
ReplyDelete2. A technique would be the author has done reasons for and reasons against. I think this technique is effective because it gets the reader to think should I be for or should I be against. Also if each reason for and reason against is a really strong reason than it would be harder to choose what side you are on. This would happen because if the reasons for was a strong reason and the reasons against was a weak reason and vice versa it would be easy to choose which side to agree with. If each reason is a strong reason (and it is) somebody would be like “I think I am with the for reason but I also still have to consider the against reason, oh I am not so sure anymore.” This is good if you get someone thinking this because that is the whole point of a persuasive writing piece, you are trying to get someone to think and to choose the right side to agree with. Another technique would be to use real world examples. This is effective because you know that this is actually happening in the real world and somebody isn’t making the writing piece up. If we know this is happening in the real world it is making that point even stronger. Also some people could relate to the topic so the writing piece would be a little bit more important to them and they would consider the reason more. Two real world examples that were used in this persuasive piece were, for the for reason the author used a real study that researchers found out the effects of people talking and texting on the cell phone and drink driving. They then compared all the effects. For the against reason the author used a real word event (Columbine High School Shooting) and said what the victims were thinking that day.
3. The main audiences would be people that like to use cell phones, people that are thinking about using a cell phone and parents that have a child/teenager that likes to use a cell phone.
ReplyDeletePeople that are thinking about using a cell phone would be an audience because this is a persuasive article and they are written for convincing people. If these people are not that convinced about buying a cell phone they should read this article because it states good reasons why cell phones are good and it also includes why cell phones are bad. In the conclusion the author agrees with the for cell phones side. We are trying to convince these people they should buy a cell phone so they should read this article. Parents could learn a lot from this article too. They would learn what their child/teenager would do to be a responsible cell phone user and how to make their kid/teenager be a responsible phone user. Also if the parents were not that confident with all the cell phone using, this article explains a lot and I think it would help them with the information because there is research included.
4. If I was the author I might have included more reasons for each side. If some people were still not convinced with the article the other person has written there would be more reasons for them. I think everything else the author has worte is good and I would have been happy with the article if I was the author. The author has used lots of good techniques and has included most of the things that include, real life examples, counterargument and has been explained well. I could also add some facts and information about cyberbullying. The cyberbullying would include mean texts and emails. Also how to deal with cyberbullying if the reader is getting cyber bullied. Overall I think the author did a great job with this persuasive news article.
1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteThe main argument in this article is whether or not cell phones should be allowed in public places. Although the subheading states: “Should cell phones be allowed in school? Are cell phones causing more bad than good? This article graps* information from many sources to find an answer to the uprising question... Should cell phones be allowed in schools?”, the actual article is more about whether or not cell phones should be used in public, and how and what they should be used for. I know this because in the text, instead of saying, “So, should cell phones be allowed in schools?” It says : “So, should cell phones be allowed in public places?” It also says: “In conclusion, cell phones should be allowed in public places.” Also, in the body of the article there are mainly facts about cell phones in public places, not schools, such as this quote: “Many cell phone customers buy their phones with only emergency use intentions. But what about the kids and teens that use their cell phones to send 300 texts a day? ...” In the author’s opinion, cell phones should be allowed in schools, as long as people are responsible. I know this because in the text it says, “In my opinion I believe cell phones should be allowed, as long as people are responsible.” The article presents information that is both for and against cell phones, and there are some statistics and quotes.
2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article? Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective.
The persuasive writing strategies and techniques used in this article are
· Imagery: “CRASH!! You were driving down the highway on a rainy day, when a driver loses control and slams right into you. After you are done spinning out, you reach for your cell phone; with the last amount of energy you have left to call 911…”
· Statistics: “…But what about the kids and teens that use their cell phones to send 300 texts a day?” And also: “Another teen sends 345 mobile messages a day!”
· Quotes: "It's kind of comforting when you get one. I like it, it's like a game of ping-pong, as you send one and get one back."
· Real World Examples (of when people used cell phones to call 911) “We all remember the tragic day, April 20th 1999, the awful Columbine High School Shooting. Two students opened fire on many innocent people that day. Frantic 911 calls were made. Dispatchers and parents were on the line with students using their cell phones to call out for help. Imagine the heart ache if you knew someone dear to you was in danger and you had no way to reach them.”
· Rhetorical Questions: “Others blame irresponsible teens; but why blame them for wanting to talk to their friends?” And “So, should cell phones be allowed in public places?” There was also “So, should cell phones be allowed in public places?” And “If she were in a similar situation, god forbid, wouldn't she want to reach out to her family too?”
These strategies are effective because they engage the reader, and, when real world examples are used, such as the one that went: “We all remember the tragic day, April 20th 1999, the awful Columbine High School Shooting. Two students opened fire on many innocent people that day. Frantic 911 calls were made. Dispatchers and parents were on the line with students using their cell phones to call out for help. Imagine the heart ache if you knew someone dear to you was in danger and you had no way to reach them.” When real world examples are used, it means that it is something the reader can relate to, and something the reader can possibly sympathise about. When the author uses imagery, it hooks you in, and makes you think about what it would be like if that actually happened, and how grateful you would be for you cell phone. All the persuasive techniques and strategies the author uses are engaging, and they make the article more interesting.
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Delete1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteThat children should be allowed to use cellphones at school in the case of emergencies, as long as they use them responsibly and not in class time (unless of course, there is an emergency). The author thinks that cellphones are even a must for students in the case of emergency because if something happened, the children would need to call 111 straight away, rather than trying to find a phone elsewhere.
2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article. Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
One strategy/technique used to persuade the audience/ readers is a rhetorical question. These work because they really get the audience thinking about the topic. Some examples are: “So, should cell phones be allowed in public places?”, “If she were in a similar situation, god forbid, wouldn't she want to reach out to her family too?”, “Others blame irresponsible teens; but why blame them for wanting to talk to their friends?”.
One strategy/technique used to persuade the audience/ readers is the “imagine” technique. This is where the author writes in great detail, describing a scene and event to help convince the audience. This works because you can change the event or tone of the story to change the mood and the way that people look at it. An example is: CRASH!! You were driving down the highway on a rainy day, when a driver loses control and slams right into you. After you are done spinning out, you reach for your cell phone; with the last amount of energy you have left to call 911. This simple call could save your life, or someone else. With today's world evolving so fast, new dangers come as well. With that, we need to get help and fast! However not only on the road do we need cell phones.”
Another technique is using statistics, facts and studies to back up answers. These help to win over the argument because they give evidence to back the argument up. An example is “In a study published by the AEI-Brookings Joint Center, a team of researchers compared the effects of driving while talking on the phone and driving while drunk. They concluded that drivers that were using cell phones exhibited greater impairment than intoxicated drivers. So yes, cell phones DO pose potential threats. However, Hilary Davis (http://media.www.collegian.com) a journalist for The Rocky Mountain College paper says cell phones can save lives.”
3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
I think the target audience is both children/teenagers and their parents. Children and teenagers mainly because they might want to show their parents this to prove a point and convince them that they should be able to have a mobile phone, showing them that they will use it responsibly and only when needed. It is also intended at parents too, for most of the same reasons. If parents are wondering if they should let their child get a mobile phone, they might look on the internet for things like this or recommendations to figure out if they should let their child have one, or not.
4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
If I was the author of this article, I would probably add more statistics, facts and quotes because they can help to win over the argument quite easily and without having to have too many of them. Another reason why I would add these is because adults tend to need facts and opinions to back up the argument. I would also add more examples of these in real life, so that people can see how these cell phones have actually saved peoples’ lives, and possibly a quote from them about how they felt when it happened/ what they did.
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ReplyDeleteRosa- 1.The main argument of this article is that cell phones are good when used responsibly and that phones should be allowed in public places. The author also stated that cell phones can be dangerous when driving because they could cause accidents, but they are useful when in a car crash to call for help.
ReplyDelete2. The author has stated reasons why cell phone are good and reasons why they are bad, it makes you wonder whether having or getting a cell phone is really the best idea. The author has also used rhetorical questions to make you think about what the article is really stating. When the author reminded us about the tragic Columbine High School Shooting it made us readers feel more grateful that if we were in a situation like so we would have the technology to save lives, I know if I was in that situation I would definitely be whipping out my phone and calling for help.
3.I feel that this article is more targeted to the older people who have cell phone and use them on a daily basis. This article may reach out to parents who are not sure if buying their teenage daughter a cell phone is the best idea for them. Mabey at teenagers who are not sure if being on their phone all day every day is safe for them.
4. I would maybe use more real life examples of times that phones have been helpful so I would really know that I have the readers on my side. I would also use more information about how phone are helpful, I didn’t really feel like there was a lot of information to back up the story/article.
Q1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteA1. The main point is that students should be allowed to have cell phones at school but only for emergencies. It also talks about how phones can be dangerous around roads especially in cars.
Q2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article. Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
A2. Crackdown! Ban! Dangerous! These are phrases that are used when it comes to cell phones. I think this is one of the examples because it used really good phrases like Crackdown! Ban! Dangerous! and those really got my attention in the first paragraph.
We all remember the tragic day, April 20th 1999, the awful Columbine High School Shooting. Two students opened fire on many innocent people that day. Frantic 911 calls were made. Dispatchers and parents were on the line with students using their cellphones to call out for help. Imagine the heartache if you knew someone dear to you was in danger and you had no way to reach them. That is the most heartbreaking story of this whole article. This is just 1 of the other examples. Imagine if you were are parent and your child didn’t have his/her phone with them or didn’t have one whatsoever and something like that happened. You would be worried, wouldn’t you.
Q3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
A3. The target for this article is people all around the world on cellphones and students on cellphones in school. They are trying to show people why cell phones should or shouldn’t be allowed to be in school. They are also explaining how cellphones can be very dangerous around roads.
Q4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
A4. I would add that people are putting photos of themselves on things like instagram, facebook etc. and they could be tracked down and get into trouble and you shouldn’t even have phones out at school unless it is out of school. It is also dangerous to be on them around roads because you could be concentrating on your phone and walk over a road without looking and you could get hit by an oncoming car.
Q 1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteThe main argument is that the people should be allowed to use a cell phone, as the people take responsibility.
Q 2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article. Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
Example: ‘Crackdown! Ban! Dangerous!’. The author used those phrases to persuade the reader that cell phones are bad.
Example: ‘Helpful! Needed! Time savers!’. He or she used those phrases to persuade the reader that cell phones are good.
Q 3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
The author wrote this for schools. He wrote it fro kids, parents, and teachers because the teachers and parents not let their kid allowed in their cell phones. Cause they think it's dangerous. Most of the schools are focusing on Cybersafty, but this author agree that all kids should allowed on cell phones.
Q 4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
I think I would say:
Kids should allowed on their cell phones because they are responsibility. If they've ask you to have cell phones, they should have responsibility because that's all they want. If you're worried about your kids using cell phones, then don't buy then!
So pretend that your kids' mum. There was a big tall men, trying to catch your kid. Your kid is trapped. The men trying kill you kid. What would they do? All they need is cell phone! They need cell phone to call you or police to help her. I would think that cell phone is a brilliant idea that they should allowed in the school. If they get car crashed they can reach the phone and call you. That's why the cell phones are here for you!
By Seoyoung
Cell phones Ella - C
ReplyDelete1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
The argument is about whether cell phones should be allowed or not. In the first paragraph the author talks about how cell phones are dangerous and why. But the author also states that he believes that cell phones should be allowed, but only if people are responsible. There is also a little bit about how cell phone can save lives and how cell phone are useful in emergencies. The author also states that it is parents faults that their childern send 300 and more a day and that should take their devices away from them. But in the conclusion the author states that cell phones should be allowed in public places so therefore the argument is about whether cell phones should be allowed in public places or not. The author also states why cell phones should be allowed in public places like how useful they are in emergencies etc. But there is a time and place for them.
3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
ReplyDeleteI think that this article is target for parents about what they should be doing to keep their child safer and also how they could be a better parent by limiting their children's text or calls and time that they are allowed on their cellphones. This article may also be target for teens, to warn them about how much time they are spending on their cellphones and how many times they are texting. And how their is a place and time for cellphones. Also that phones are amazing and great tools. They are really good for contacting people and researching. But there is a time and place for cellphones. But back to parents some parents need to be more aware of what their childern are doing on their cell phones, laptops, ipads etc because most parents have no idea what their kids are doing. So therefore I mostly think that this article is target towards parents but also at teens/childern because of the reasons I have stated.
4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
First I would put some more statics in this article about how many people have died or been injured because they were on their phones while driving and then compare it to how many lives have been saved by cell phones. And I would make sure that my thesis statement was clear and that it was said more because the author talked more about negative than positive points about cell phones. The author only said his thesis statement about two or three times and it was not very clear to the audience about was his actual statement was because he also talked about cell phones in school not just cell phones in public. Also put some quotes in there was only one quote in the whole article! You could have a quote from a person whose cell phone saved their life or a quote from a teen who send about 300 texts a day or maybe the parent. So there are just a few more persuasive strategies that I would add in to the article.
What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDelete(Thesis Statement:) “Cell phones should be allowed, as long as people are responsible”. The main argument is that people should be allowed to use cellphones as long as they are responsible.
What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article. Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
Action Words: Such as “BOOM! CRASH!”
Rhetorical Questions: Such as “Cell phones! Helpful, Handhelds, or Disrupting Device?”
Who is the target audience for this news article?
I think the targeted audience is the parents. I think this because, in my opinion, this article is to present higher awareness rates for parents of teenagers. This article also tells parents of teens things about cell phones that they most likely didn’t know. I also think that this article is targeted towards the teenagers that are driving learners. I think this because most teenagers don’t really take the warning ads seriously about drunk driving or texting while driving, they are normally just sarcastic about it. Teenagers nowadays need to be more aware of what cell phones can actually do. On the bright side, I think that this article is also about telling people about the goods of cell phones and how they could actually save your life.
If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
More quotes from ‘famous’ people. I think this because most people intend to listen to famous people more than just your local dairy owner. For example: You are a HUGE fan of Rihanna and she tells you that red lollipops are the best food in the whole world, but your local dairy owner says that green lollipops are the best food in the whole world. You are most likely to believe Rihanna, aren’t you?
1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteThe main argument is that children should be allowed to use cell phones during school for emergencies, if they use them responsibly. The author thinks that having a cell phone for emergencies is essential for children in case there is an accident, so that they can get help quickly.
2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article. Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
The author has used lots of persuasive writing techniques. The author has used facts to make us believe why cell phones should be allowed during school hours. This is effective because it gives ‘back up’ to the information, so we know what we are reading true. ‘We all remember the tragic day, April 20th 1999, the awful Columbine High School Shooting’
Another persuasive technique is telling a story. The author makes us want to read more because they are telling a ‘story’. This technique is effective, because it makes us picture the story in our mind, to make us think how important it actually would be to have a cell phone at that time. ‘CRASH!! You were driving down the highway on a rainy day, when a driver loses control and slams right into you. After you are done spinning out, you reach for your cell phone; with the last amount of energy you have left to call 911. This simple call could save your life, or someone else. With today's world evolving so fast, new dangers come as well. With that, we need to get help and fast! However not only on the road do we need cell phones’
Another persuasive technique is a rhetorical question. This makes the readers really think about the question and the topic and think about how their point of view. This is effective because it makes us think deeply about the topic and be connected with the author.“So, should cell phones be allowed in public places?”, “If she were in a similar situation, god forbid, wouldn't she want to reach out to her family too?”, “Others blame irresponsible teens; but why blame them for wanting to talk to their friends?”.
3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
I think the target audience is parents, teachers and students. Children, because they may want to show their parents, so that they can get a cell phone (To stay safe of course!). Parents may also want to keep their children as safe as they can while at school, and also if they are not to sure about allowing their children to have a cell phone. Teacher may also want to read this article to see how they are able to keep their students safe while at school.
4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
If I was the author, I would use more quotes and statistics to back up their main points, and also include more examples of previous events, where having a mobile phone has been useful.
-Isabella
1. What is the main argument in this persuasive article?
ReplyDeleteThe main argument in this article is: Are cell phones a good thing or a bad thing?
This article is say good this about cell phones like, what if there was danger and you couldn’t call anyone if there were no cell phones and bad things about cell phones like, texting while driving spending too much time on them like some teenagers send 300 text a day!!!!
2. What persuasive writing strategies and techniques are used in the article.
Give specific examples and explain how these strategies are effective?
The author has used great expression, big words that manipulate your feelings like: exhibited, potential threats and responsibility and other peoples voice is used in the story like: Bruce Newman; an editor for an AAA magazine, say cell phones pose too much
danger; especially on the roads. The author has been using some good words for this article and it really persuades me when he is using other peoples voices.
3. Who is the target audience for this news article?
I think that the targeted audience is at parents because the author states in this sentence that: “Some blame the cell phone companies; but all they are doing is selling a product. Others blame irresponsible teens; but why blame them for wanting to talk to their friends? So, who's left, THE PARENTS!” I think this because most teenager send 300 texts a day to their friends about silly stuff.
4. If you were the author of this article, is there anything you could include to argue the same thing but even more persuasively?
I can’t really expand on anything but I think that he/she could have used a lot better and bigger words to persuade me when the author is writing sentences. Also he could have use a lot more emotional words when he is talking about texting while driving. He has persuaded me to be more careful around phones but he could have been more emotional when talking about texting while driving and how some many teenagers die a year from this.
-Margot
1.) The main points in this article to soes between peoples life can be saved with a simple number (111). But it also shows the bad things about cellphones and the can be really dangerous in cars!!!
ReplyDeleteWe should be able to have cell phones in the car, right next to us so in an event of a car crash you can make the call 111.
2.)They have used the rhetorical question in there to get think you thinking about this issue. Also they have showed both sides of the argument what also made you think about what side do you take.
The words they have repeated like dangerous and crackdown to make what they are a strong statement.
3.)I think the age target was around 10 and above because this is the age people should have cell phones. Because any younger than they will be silly with them and responsibil and they shouldn’t really need one.
4.) The author used powerful words like irresponsible to make us rethink what we already think about cellphones in public. This Has change my mind about cellphones and the use of them and where.The number of car crash caused by cell phones are incredible and we should be able to have phones but not driving and using them we need to be very careful with the use of them!!!
-Matilda