Discussion Topic In this unit, you have examined different types of informational texts and how they present information. You've been learning about the variety of purposes texts can have, such as to inform or to persuade. Think of the different types of informational texts that you've studied: autobiographies, informational speeches, arguments, and persuasive essays. Based on your knowledge of these texts, discuss the different types. Describe how you feel about them as a reader, including whether you have favorites and why. For example, do you understand the information in an autobiography because of its narrative structure? Or do you prefer learning about something you can use in your daily life? Do you like or dislike reading texts that want to convince you to adopt a position? Explain what appeals to you and what does not about different types of informational text.

the rhetoric device being used to persuade the audience is pathos.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

the objective should be switched