THE CRISIS

EXAMPLE FORM,CONTENT & ORGANIZATION

• This persuasive writing is a speech. The author chose this to help the people understand the reasons why war with Britain was important.
• The claim was that by fighting against Britain would bring independence.

CLAIM

• The author believed that U.S should go to war with Britain.
• Independence was the goal
• "We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free."

MOTIVATION

• This is a strong persuasive speech.
• Really believes in what he says.

METHOD OF ORGANIZATION

• Inductively method
• Begins examples of what he is saying.

WRITERS CRAFT

• Formal language
• Uses Parallelism to emphasize Britain should not rule America.
• Tone is convincing and emotional.

AUTHORS REASONING & LOGIC

• Inductive(starts with conclusion)
• Sound (good flaws & good reasons )

EVALUATE & CRITIQUE

• He uses a lot of persuasive techniques. Ex: imagery, parallelism, and loaded words expressed emotions
• I think if he wouldn't have done what he did we wouldn't be like we are now.