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Warm-up Questions
Section Six — Arguing and Analysing

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Warm-up Questions

1) Should you use logical reasoning in an 'arguing and analysing' essay?

2) Define 'ethical belief' and give an example.

3) What is an analogy and why are analogies effective?

4) Define 'rhetorical question' and give an example.

5) Define 'emotional language' and give an example.

6) Why is it better to use simple facts rather than complicated ones?

7) Why is it better to use real-life facts than fictitious ones?

8) How can using 'we' help to persuade an audience to a particular point of view?

9) Why is it useful to include the opinion of an expert in an arguing and analysing essay?

10) How might you show that you have thought about your readers in your essay?

11) Which of the following should an 'analyse, review and comment' essay be like?

a) detached

b) emotional

c) biased

12) List 2 tricks to make your analysis sound authoritative and impartial.

13) Explain why you should use the third person 'it' in an analysis rather than the first person 'I'.

14) Turn each of the following sentences into impersonal statements (i.e. statements not using questions and not using "you" or "I"):

a) I think there is obviously too much junk food being sold in cities.

b) Don't you think that there is a ridiculous amount of paranoia concerning the diet of teenagers today?

c) I've noticed that people get more and more bad-tempered the closer they live to heavily polluted areas, and I think that something needs to be done about it.

15) Explain why you should cover the pros and cons of an argument in your essay.

16) What should you include in the conclusion of an 'analyse, review and comment' essay?