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Topics: Obtaining Information From Various Sources Persuasion and Its Rhetorical Appeals

This module discusses obtaining information from various sources and rhetorical appeals. It aims to teach students to evaluate appropriate information, understand rhetorical appeals for different audiences, and create a persuasive poster. The activities include an online discussion about source validation and answering questions about mental health texts. The document also defines primary and secondary sources, different types of web pages and publications, file formats, and how to evaluate the reliability of sources.

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Topics: Obtaining Information From Various Sources Persuasion and Its Rhetorical Appeals

This module discusses obtaining information from various sources and rhetorical appeals. It aims to teach students to evaluate appropriate information, understand rhetorical appeals for different audiences, and create a persuasive poster. The activities include an online discussion about source validation and answering questions about mental health texts. The document also defines primary and secondary sources, different types of web pages and publications, file formats, and how to evaluate the reliability of sources.

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MODULE 4

Topics: Obtaining Information from Various Sources


Persuasion and Its Rhetorical Appeals

I. Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this module, students are expected to:

1. Observe guidelines in evaluating and selecting appropriate information or


material.
2. Determine the rhetorical appeals that apply to diverse target audience.
3. Create a poster applying the appropriate rhetorical appeals.

II. Learning Activities and Resources

We will have an online discussion about obtaining information from various


sources. Also, we will be explaining the importance of sources validation because
nowadays, especially during this time of pandemic, library and other physical sources of
information are not accessible, hence people are getting facts and information from the
internet.
Read the text “The Truth about Mental and Emotional Wellness” on pages 51-52 of
REX Course Module then answer the table on page 52.
Additionally, please read pages 57-61 of your REX Course Module then proceed on
answering pages 61-62.

III. INTRODUCTION

“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the
power and energy to get it done.” - Ralph Lauren

Have you ever eaten a dish of food that was boring, and then someone adds a secret
ingredient that really gives it a zing of excellence? In life, business, and studies, the secret
ingredient that gives you a zing and makes you stand out are strong convictions.

When you’re strongly convinced that what you do and say matter and that what you
offer is of great value to others, your energy shifts and you become more attractive and
persuasive. The people you work with feel more at ease. It creates a feeling of security. It
helps everyone concentrate on doing their best work, because they see that everything is
under control.
IV. BODY

IDENTIFYING INFORMATION SOURCES

There are so many different types of information on the Internet, it is sometimes


difficult to identify what you see on the screen. Knowing the type of information, you need
or are hoping to find will help in accessing the information and using it appropriately.
Review the broad categories below to help identify different types of information formats
and publications.

BASIC RESEARCH TOOLS:

1. Library Catalogs - use to find location and holdings of books, periodicals and
other material within libraries.
2. Article Databases - to find articles on specific subjects.  Especially useful in
finding scholarly and academic journal articles.
3. Reference Resources - finding aids such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases,
almanacs
4. Search Engines - use to find Websites and other Internet resources.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEB PAGES

1. Advocacy
2. News
3. Personal
4. Professional
5. Scholarly

SCHOLARLY VS. POPULAR PUBLICATIONS

The terms, periodicals, serials, journals, and magazines can and often are used
interchangeably.  This does not mean they are all the same.  Periodicals are publications
that are printed; daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually.  Serials are publications
intended to be published indefinitely into the future.  Journals are generally held as being
scholarly and authoritative, including references and citations.  Magazines are referred to
as being popular publications and having less credibility.
 
  Scholarly Publication Popular Publication

Examples Nature, Cell, Journal of the American Time, People, Sports Illustrated, New
Medical Association Yorker, Rolling Stone

Author A professional or expert in the field Journalists, students, popular authors,


or maybe no author

Audience Specialized audience, has a broad General Public, or persons with basic
knowledge or is able to understand vocabulary
specialized vocabulary presented

Advertising Few and highly specialized pertaining to High amounts of advertising for a
the publication topic broad range of products

Bibliography, References listed at the end of each Rarely includes references or works
Works Cited, article, contains footnotes or endnotes cited
Sources

Indexing Articles are listed in specialized Articles are listed in general


databases and indexes databases and indexes

Level of Language Higher level of language, more scholarly Simple, more broad language used to
and serious, vocabulary pertains and relate to a higher number of people,
relates to discipline easier to understand

Purpose Discuss and display research, findings, More general interest, current events,
trends and information in a scholarly gossip
manner

Review Policy Peer reviewed. Editors are scholars in Editors or other magazine staff
the field

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Primary sources: Primary sources are the original documents of an event or


discovery such as results of research, experiments or surveys, interviews, letters, diaries,
legal documents, and scientific journal articles.  Primary sources are also records of events
as they are first described. These might be videotapes, audio recordings or eyewitness
news reports.
Secondary sources: Secondary sources offer an analysis or a restatement of an event
or discovery described in primary sources. They interpret, explain or summarize primary
sources. Some secondary sources are used to persuade the reader. Secondary sources may
be considered less objective.  Examples of secondary sources include: dictionaries,
encyclopedias, textbooks, articles and editorials that interpret or review research works.
FILES, FORMATS, AND MEDIA ON THE WEB

1. html - all web pages are developed using HTML, although each basic page may
contain links to many other types of files including graphics, java, video, etc. The file
extension may be .htm or .html, for a web page.
2. audio - real audio, .wav, .au and .mp3 are the most common audio file types.
3. video - real player and shockwave are common video and multimedia viewers
4. graphics - .PDF, .GIF, .JPG, and animated GIF files are the most common types of
graphics files on the Web.
5. text - many types of word processing files, spreadsheets, databases, and hypertext
can be seen on the Web or easily translated to HTML

Common text file types include:


.txt - for plain ascii text files that can be used in any word processor or read
in a Web browser. 
.doc for Microsoft Word files
.wpd for Word Perfect files
.pdf for Adobe Acrobat files usually viewed on the Web with the Acrobat
reader, these are really graphic representations of text

It is important to decide on the type of information or media you need before you


start looking, and to know what type of information or media you are viewing as you
critically evaluate it.

V. SUMMARY/CONCLUSION

Not all written sources are reliable, no matter how sound their arguments may
appear to be. To evaluate the reliability of a piece of writing, you must consider several
issues related to the subject and to the person or publisher that presents it. Is the
information current? Is it related directly to the topic it discusses? Does it provide sources
for supporting ideas? Are these sources reliable? Is the purpose of the information to
inform, to persuade, to sell, or even to entertain? Has the information been written and
published recently? Does a date of publication appear? Finally, who is responsible for the
information? Is an author or publisher listed at all?
Some topics (such as medical research and new technical information) must be up-
to-date to be valuable to readers. However, bias and opinion compromise even recent
information, keeping it from being objective and trustworthy. Certainly, any organization
or individual is entitled to a perspective. However, that doesn’t necessarily make the
perspective one which readers can rely on. One person’s opinion is not necessarily
informed. Likewise, some organizations, particularly companies who want sales or
politicians who want votes, want readers to agree with their views. Few advertisements
present credible supporting information for the positions they present! In general,
objective information with a listed author and/or presented by a reliable publisher is far
more credible than anonymous information published by a commercial or an anonymous
source. It’s up to you – as critical reader – to determine the bias and the source of what you
read.

VI. REFERENCES

Don't Get Tricked By Fake News! – Teacher-Created Lesson Plan. (2017, December 08).
Common Sense Education. Retrieved October 04, 2020, from
https://www.commonsense.org/education/lesson-plans/dont-get-tricked-by-fake-
news

What Makes Information Reliable? (n.d.). Austin Community College District. Retrieved
October 04, 2020, from
https://sites.austincc.edu/student-skills-workshops/critical-reading/what-makes-
information-reliable/

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