Why do some emotional appeals not work? They are not persuasive enough to convince anyone.
They try to coerce the audience into acting.
They fail to point out the author's claim.
They support the author's claim too strongly.
2.
What is one thing to look for when analyzing emotional appeals?
Decide whether the author's reasoning, evidence, and/or claim are valid.
Determine whether the emotional appeals are logical to the argument and relevant to the issue.
Ask yourself whether the author's purpose is fully supported by emotional appeals.
Identify how emotions used by the author make you feel about the issue.
3.
Which of these is an example of an unsuccessful emotional appeal?
In support of repopulating deserts with trees: Replanting trees in devastated areas means that someone someday will have a completely different place to live in or visit--one that is healthy and thriving, and beautiful, too. Will you plant trees today to make a better tomorrow for your children and grandchildren?
In support of taking swimming lessons: Whether it's a swimming pool, a lake, a pond, or the local water park, you know you can keep yourself afloat if you happen to find yourself in deep water. But not only that, you might need to save someone else's life as well. On two separate occasions, I have helped kids in trouble in a wave pool. If I had not known how to swim, I would have been clinging helplessly to a tube. In fact, I would have been so focused on my own safety that I wouldn't even have noticed the kids who needed help.
In support of retraining homeless people: When you provide the homeless everything--food, shelter, clothing, etc., you squelch their desire to take care of themselves, as well as the need to change their situation. Instead, they are treated like babies. Because of this treatment, they are forced into need and dependence--and ultimately, hopelessness. Consider Aaron, a homeless man, who took his own life because he was in so much pain from living in below-freezing temperatures for many years.
Against keeping wild animals as pets: Wild animals can be . . . well, wild! I was playing with our pet raccoon when it suddenly turned on me and bit my arm and hand. Today, 18 stitches and a series of rabies shots later, I'm here to tell you that because wild animals are unpredictable they do not make good pets!
4.
Read the excerpt below from the essay "Invasion of the Screens: A Horror Story" about how teenagers spend too much time using electronic gadgets. Then answer the question that follows.

Imagine a world of pale, wormlike humans who depend entirely on machines for their survival. They have lived underground for so long that, without digitally-enhanced contact lenses, they are basically blind. They have grown so unused to exercise that they can barely lift themselves to a sitting position. In fact, they often wonder, why move at all? For them and everyone they know, work and entertainment both happen through computers linked directly to their brains. The world around them is in grey, ugly ruins, but they don’t care; the world in their minds is full of beauty and excitement. As for human contact, they interact frequently with each other’s avatars online.

What is the best description of the emotional appeals in this excerpt?
They strive to contrast today's world with that of the very troubled past.
They strive to make the audience feel happy and cheerful about the future.
They try to overwhelm the audience with a shocking, sad view of the future.
They try to depress the audience by showing a dark, gloomy world.