The Girl That Silenced The World

Persuasive Reading Analysis:

The Girl Who Silenced The World For 5 Mins

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 opens up her powerful speech with a loud and strong statement for all adults to change their harmful ways to protect families, friends, for her generation, and for all generations to come.  Suzuki uses her power voice to deliver her short solid statement to grasp the public's attention. e.g. “I am fighting for my future.....”
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No	Even though she does not mention any huge names she directs  her speech to delegates, adults,children, and everyone.
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	Within the speech Suzuki gives various facts that impacts on the audiences around the world to think on. Her words  gives a great sense to the facts that she gives. With the facts she uses she gives contrast to everyone who is listening.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	Suzuki’s words and actions make you empathise, worried and scared of what adults and people around the world are doing to the environment and to our precious world. Using the audience, the speaker addresses their relationships as fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, and most strongly children e.g. ”You are all children”
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	Suzuki talks about what is actually happening around world and gives true statements that are detailed and factual.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	She makes a solid statement. “If you can’t fix it, then don’t break it”. This statement strengthens her argument and possibly makes the delegates and adults at the U.N Conference think about what they can do to improve the 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	Suzuki focuses on her studies and transfers her studies into the speech she gives to the delegates. e.g. “We cannot fix the hole in the OZone Layer ect...”