In this Milestone, we will examine how the use of persuasive appeals and techniques can be used to change a person's beliefs or actions. Oftentimes, persuasive techniques rely on fear to be effective. This Milestone is all about identifying persuasive techniques and their effectiveness, whether they utilize fear, hope, sympathy, or any other approach.
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*Remember the performance task is the opportunity to show what you know and demonstrate you have mastered the content. Take your time and turn in your BEST work.
Before moving onto the next Milestone complete the following steps:
Open the Competency Dashboard in Slate.
Get your ELA credit slip.
Using the scores in the Competency Dashboard fill in your credit slip.
Conference with your teacher about your score and how that translates into a percentage.
If you are happy with your grade move onto the next Milestone. If you are unhappy revise a Performance task and resubmit. Once you are satisfied with your grade move onto the next Milestone.