Responding to an Article

Responding to an Article Read and write a persuasive response to the article on the homeless (as attached). The response must defend the homeless people. -Paragraphs must vary in length. -Discourse markers link paragraphs and sentences within paragraphs -Adverb starts to introduce sentences -Topic sentences are used to secure understanding of paragraphs -Repetition of sections is used for effect -Changes to paragraph are controlled: time, place, person, tense, theme -One word or single sentence paragraphs are used for effect -Paragraph order may be experimental (e.g. include repetition, references to other sections, etc.) -Simple sentences are used to contrast with extended sentences -Extended sentences are used with a range of clauses and phrases -A range of adjectives -A range of adverbs -A range of persuasive devices are used effectively (pairs, instructions to the reader, rhetorical questions, anecdotes, the rule of 3, emotive language, metaphors, opinions, personal pronouns, statistics and exaggeration) -Clauses and phrases build arguments in sentences -A variety of high level vocabulary -Semi colons link whole sentences