Make Up Points -- Terms for Writing

Directions:

From the list below, apply terms to a news article.  No essay necessary here -- lists of terms and evidence will suffice.  In your work, make sure to note the following information:

title of article
author of article
name of newspaper and/or magazine and/or website + URL
date of article

anecdote -- a brief story (write a short summary of no more than 3 sentences)
argument and claim (what is the position of the speaker and what information and/or idea do they wish to present)
counterclaim (what is the other side of the claim and what benefits might this have)
audience (whom is the article directed to -- young people, middle age, older people)
coherence -- sequence of events
diction  (name word choices -- write at least 3 examples and explain how each give a sense of the claim, including the tone)
focus  (name the point of the author's point of view)
tone (feeling from the author's point of view)
transition (name sample transitional words written :  although, since, therefore, etc.
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