Students read an original print advertisement and identify the techniques it uses to position readers: emotive language, inclusive language, statistics, expert endorsement, rhetorical questions, bandwagon appeals and urgency. They move from naming techniques to explaining their effect on a target audience, and finish with an analytical paragraph. This is the core skill behind 9th and 10th grade persuasive text analysis and media study.
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Completed: Analyzing Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
9th Grade students (typically ages 14–15) working on text analysis & essays. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.
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Read the advertisement twice before you begin. Techniques are only worth naming if you can explain what they do to the reader.
Read the advertisement carefully, then circle the best answer for each question.
Bluebonnet & Wave. Carry the coast with you.
Every year, Americans throw away millions of plastic bottles. Most of them end up where you least want them: on our beaches, in our rivers, in the bellies of seabirds. You've seen the photos. You've felt that twist in your stomach.
Now imagine something different. Imagine a bottle built to last a lifetime, not a lunchtime. The Bluebonnet & Wave bottle is crafted from recycled American steel, keeps your water icy cold for 24 hours and comes with a promise: break it and we'll replace it. Free. Forever.
Nine out of ten owners say they've stopped buying bottled water altogether. Marine biologist Dr. Hana Reyes carries one on every dive. Shouldn't you?
Join over 200,000 Americans who've made the switch. Order before Sunday and we'll plant a tree in your name.
Bluebonnet & Wave. Because the ocean can't wait.
(This advertisement, the brand and the people named in it are fictional and were written for this worksheet.)
Answer in one or two full sentences. Quote the text where you can.
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Worksheet · 8th Grade · Text Analysis & Essays · Level 2 · Standard
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