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Soundtrack Song Project

Project Explained

You and a group (3-5 members from your class; ex: DELTA) will be choosing individual songs that represent you. This will help us get to know each other and will also serve as a pre-test for your teachers to evaluate your writing skills.

Due: Friday, September 12th; present to ½ community

Requirements: Paragraph/Brainstorming Video (10-15 seconds per person) Group Presentation

Author’s Purpose:

Author’s Purpose: The reason for creating a particular work. Example: to inform, to entertain, to express an

opinion, to persuade

Why are you writing this paragraph?What do you hope this song will do?

Attention Getter

Rhetorical questionFamous quoteUnusual/shocking statementHumorStartling statistic

Persuasion/Rhetoric

Persuasive Argument Techniques (Evidence): Pathos (an emotional connection) Anecdote (short entertaining story that relates) Logic and/or Analogy (an educated assumption) Authority and/or Expert Opinion (credible voice

on topic) Statistic (Fact about topic) Direct quote (from lyrics)

NOTE: You should have reasons to support why the song choice represents YOU.

Impactor

Rhetorical questionFamous quoteUnusual/shocking statementHumorStartling statistic