Evaluate Author's Message

Appeals

100

This is an appeal to an authority or credibility

Ethos

200

This is an appeal to your emotions

Pathos

300

This is an appeal to reason and logic

Logos

400

Dentists prefer Crest!

Ethos

500

Besides being addictive, cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. So, why smoke?

Logos

POV

100

This is the definition of Point of View

The narrative perspective; the perspective of the author in nonfiction, informational texts

200

This point of view uses first person pronouns like I, we, my

First person point of view

300

This point of view uses "you" and generally is found in letters, emails, texts...

2nd person POV

400

This point of view uses pronouns like he, she, they but only gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of 1 or 2 characters.

3rd person limited POV

500

This point of view uses pronouns like he, she, they and exposes the thoughts and feelings of all or most of the characters

3rd person omniscient POV

Tone

100

This is the definition of tone

The author's attitude towards or treatment of a subject

200

Identify the tone: “Oh great, another diet plan. Just what I needed!”

sarcastic

300

Identify the tone: “Despite the setbacks, we remain confident in our ability to achieve our goals.” 

optimistic / hopeful

400

 Identify the tone: “Upon analysis of the data, it's evident that the proposed hypothesis is substantiated.”

formal / neutral

500

Identify the tone: “Whether it rains or shines tomorrow, it makes little difference to me.”

indifferent / apathetic / careless

Terms

100

This is what the author asserts to be true; generally an arguable position or statement

Claim

200

This is the argument against the author's position that the author should address

counterclaim

300

This is to provide a response that weakens the argument of or proves the opposition wrong 

rebut / rebuttal

400

This is a flaw in the author's logic or premise of an argument

fallacy

500

This may be facts, data, examples or quoted text that supports a claim

evidence

More terms

100

This is how the author treats the subject, the author's feeling about the topic

tone

200

This is the author's outlook or prejudice

bias

300

This is the author's position on the issue

slant

400

This may be to persuade, to inform, to entertain, to teach a lesson...

author's purpose

500

This is the type of argument that an author comes right out & says "I'm arguing for..."

explicit argument