1-3. Use the chart to record at least two examples of each of the persuasive techniques Kennedy used in this essay. Explain in what ways each example makes Kennedy’s ideas more less convincing. Persuasive Technique

Example from the Text

Effective or Ineffective? Why?

Appeal to Authority

(Ethos)

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Appeal to Emotion, including charged language

(Pathos)

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Appeal to Reason

(Logos)

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Tell whomever you meet about this new opportunity. the bolded words are what kind of clause?

Discuss ways in which these authors differ in style. refer to specific details from each story to support your points.

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.