Main Idea vs Purpose
What are the three slices of PIE?
Purpose
Informative
Entertainment
Counter This Argument:
Smoking makes teens look cool because you look rebellious.
Some teens think that smoking looks cool because it makes you look rebellious. However, _____.
Renown
Anything having to do with someone being famous or talked about.
Lemons are ______ to limes. They're both sweet and sour.
Lemons are analogous to limes. They're both sweet and sour.
Stephen King wrote IT about a clown terrorizing a group of kids.
What is the main idea and purpose behind IT?
Main Idea: A clown terrorizes a group of kids.
Purpose: To entertain.
Argument: Teens shouldn't vape.
Identify 3 reasons to support this argument.
1. It's bad for your lungs.
2. Your body is still growing.
3. It's addictive.
Allude
Anything having to do with hinting at something.
My mom hinted that there's a surprise this weekend. I think she's ______ I'll have a party for my birthday.
My mom hinted that there's a surprise this weekend. I think she's alluding I'll have a party for my birthday.
Yalitza is writing a letter to Principal Malis with the benefits of giving kids a 3 day weekend. Her letter only provides the facts.
What are the main idea and purpose?
Main Idea: 3 day weekends are beneficial for kids.
Purpose: To inform Principal Malis about three day weekends.
Your paragraph or essay should have these to guide your audience from one reason to the next.
Transition words.
Impartial
Anything having to do with being in the middle or undecided.
Monday always comes after Sunday. There's nothing you can do about it. It's inevitable.
You text your mom with evidence that kids who have higher allowances are more responsible. You frame this around the argument that your mom should pay you more.
What is your main idea? What is your purpose?
Purpose: To persuade mom to give you more money.
When writing an essay, you should always start with the ______ or ______.
Please list both.
Thesis/Argument & Hook
Depict
Anything having to do with how something is depicted in art/movies/pictures.
Mr. S set the ______ by giving us an example of bell work. That example gave us something to go off of.
Mr. S set the precedent by giving us an example of bell work. That example gave us something to go off of.
True or False
Informative articles can't have persuasive paragraphs and vice versa.
False
The overall purpose may be informative, but there may still be a persuasive paragraph or 2.
Come up with a conclusion for this argument.
Argument: Amphi shouldn't make PE mandatory.
Reason 1: Some kids physically can't do PE.
Reason 2: Some kids would rather get credit for other classes.
Reason 3: Some kids don't want to get sweaty at school.
Anything that's a powerful statement or rephrases the argument.
Denote
Anything having to do with a sign/symbol of something.
A big yellow M _____ that you're at McDonalds. It's their symbol.
A big yellow M denotes that you're at McDonalds. It's their symbol.