Persuasion Points 1

11AP
What’s the difference between the two sentences below? What’s the difference?

A. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, we shall bear any burden, we shall meet any hardship, we shall support any friend, we shall oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

B. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

The first features anaphora; the second features parallelism.
Re-write Sentence B to reveal the parallel phrases:

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall:
-Pay any price,
-Bear any burden,
-Meet any hardship,
-Support any friend,
-Oppose any foe,
in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.

Assignment: Write a mission statement for a person or organization of your choice, using at least 3 parallel verbs.

Essential Question: What is the difference between parallelism and anaphora?
Terms to know: parallelism, anaphora

9th Honors:
Which of the following is best?

A. Anacortes, Washington, is a great place to live. It has beautiful forestlands. It has a small town feel. It has a low crime rate.

B. Anacortes, Washington, is a great place to live because of its beautiful forestlands, its small town feel, and its low crime rate.

Notice that sentence B states a claim, three premises in a single fluent sentence.

Assignment: Write a single sentence that states a claim and three premises.

Essentail Question: What is the difference between claim and a premise?
Terms to know: claim, premise