Do Viral Videos

Really Tell You

Anything About
Today’s Teens?

Summarising and Persuasive Writing

 Summarising

Decoding a text

Selecting and quoting information from a text

Exam Skills Developing ideas
Being
Structuring a coherent response
Practiced
Writing introductions and conclusions

Linking paragraphs

Identifying the purpose of a text

 For this task you will be reading an opinion article from
The New York Times titled 
Do Viral Videos Really Tell You Anything About Today’s Tee
ns?
 

Then, in your groups discuss the salient points made in

the article and your own views on the topic. Be sure to
Task consider alternate views on the topic if there is too much
consensus. You may want to write down notes of some of
the key passages that are discussed.

After these discussions, you will be writing (individually) a

reflection on the article, summarising it before selecting at
least 3 quotations and responding to them with your own
point of view. 
 As a flowing (essay-style) text, respond to the following:

Summary of article and introduction to own viewpoint

1st quotation and response

Structure 2nd quotation and response

3rd quotation and response

Alternate viewpoints to consider

Conclusion summarising what was discussed and

hypothesising how this issue may change in the future
Introductions

The opening of an essay is important. It should capture the reader's attention and avoid being bland or dull. The reader should be
interested and keen to read on. If the beginning is flat, they will not want to do so.
Some examples of different styles that could be used in an introduction are:
• provocative
• balanced
• quotation
• illustrative
• Anecdotal

An example of a provocative introduction is - It is difficult to see how anyone can approve of fox hunting.
An example of a balanced introduction is - Fox hunting is a subject about which people hold strongly contrasting views.
An example of a quotation introduction is - Oscar Wilde once described fox hunting as 'The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.
An example of an illustrative introduction is - On a glorious autumn morning a terrified, exhausted animal is savaged to death by a
pack of baying dogs while a group of expensively dressed humans encourage the dogs in their bloody work.
An example of an anecdotal introduction is - I have always detested fox hunting since I was almost physically sick while watching a
television film of the kill at the end of a hunt.

Linking Ideas
•There will be a number of
arguments in a piece of
discursive writing. Using
linking words effectively can
help you achieve this. These
words are usually used at the
beginning of a new
paragraph, but they can also
be used to link ideas within a
paragraph.
Type of link Example
furthermore, likewise, in addition, similarly,
also, moreover - numbering your points
Same line of thought (‘firstly’, ‘secondly’, etc) is a rather
mechanical method of linking and is best
avoided
thus, therefore, consequently, accordingly,
Conclusion or summary in retrospect, hence, in conclusion, in brief,
as a result
without question, without doubt,
Definite statement unquestionably, absolutely
yet, on the other hand, nevertheless,
Contrasting idea however, although, conversely, otherwise,
on the contrary
because, for instance, since, for example, so
Further examples that, despite the fact that, accordingly,
although, if, though, unless
Conclusions
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