Quizlet – appalling, brevity, compensation, dissenter, entitlement, voracious

Pro Athletes’ Salaries Reading

Persuasive Techniques

High Five Comprehension Questions for Pro Athletes’ Salaries

1. Reread lines 10-13 in the first article, what stereotype does Singletary present about professional athletes? Explain why his statement is unfair.
2. What is Singeletary’s argument or reason that athletes should be paid high salaries? Defend using text from from the article.
3. What is Hjelm’s argument or reason that athletes should not be paid high salaries? Defend using text from the article.
4. Reread lines 93-105, according to Hjelm, who is responsible for the problem of high salaries for athletes? Defend using text from the article.
5. Which of these editorials do you find more convincing? Explain your answer, cite specific lines you found especially effective.
6. Identify which persuasive techniques are used in each article. Cite specific lines to defend your answer.