4. OBJECTIVE
SWBAT analyze
organizational patterns
in their own writing
SWBAT identify and
analyze bias in
persuasive writing
5. Bias
Showing a particular tendency or preference towards
one idea over another
Bias occurs on a spectrum:
– Unbiased: authors explains both points of view
– Somewhat biased: author explains both points of
view but shows how one side is better than the
other
– Biased: author only shows one side of an
argument
The best writing is somewhat biased
– addresses both sides of an argument but uses
evidence to show that one side is valid (or right)
