Argumentative–Attempts to prove something to the hearer
The texts are attempts to persuade audiences to have a certain perspective on the preservation of the Boundary Waters as a wilderness area, particularly ones that are devoid of mechanized use.
Disclaimer: This project is not seeking to promote one perspective over another and the presence of these talks does not represent an endorsement by the agencies involved in sponsoring this project. They simply represent texts that offer opportunities to see the features involved in attempts to persuade that occur in English and ASL.
Argumentative Text – English
The length of this text is 3:15.
Argumentative Text – ASL
The length of this text is 4:58.
Starter question:
Analyze the way word choice and vocal inflection set the tone of Eric’s text. Then look at how sign choice and facial expression/characterization set the tone of Jenny’s text. In contrasting the two, which depends more on lexical choices and which depends more on the inflection or characterization?
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