Welcome, Students!

Reacting to
Author's
Assertions
with Ms. Donna Mae Valeriano
Guide questions:

1. What makes up a good

assertion?

2. What type of assertion

would you use if you are an
author? Explain your answer.

3. How does the author's

assertion affects your reading
and writing skills?
Concepts
and Definitions

An assertion is a stylistic
approach or technique
involving a strong
declaration, a forceful
confident and positive
statement regarding belief
or a fact.
Types of Assertion:
1. Basic Assertion

- It is a simple and
straightforward
statement for expressing
feelings, opinions, and
beliefs.
 Types of Assertion:
2. Emphatic
Assertion

-It conveys sympathy to someone, and

usually has two parts: the first
encompasses recognition of the feelings
or situations of the other person, and the
second is a statement that shows support
for the other person’s viewpoint, feelings,
or rights.
 Types of Assertion:
3. Escalating
Assertion

- This occurs when the other person fails to

respond to your basic assertion and
continues to violate your rights. You
gradually escalate the assertion and become
increasingly firm. It may even include the
mention of some type of resulting action on
your part, made only after several basic
assertive statements.
 Types of Assertion:
4. I-Language
Assertion

- It involves the first person

pronoun “I,” and is useful for
expressing negative feelings.
Nevertheless, it constructively
lays emphasis on a person’s
feelings of anger.
How do you react to
assertion made by
the author?

1. By agreeing to the
author’s assertion-
readers just accept the
authors assertion.
How do you react to
assertion made by
the author?

2. By disagreeing to the
author’s assertion- readers
react negatively to the
author’s assertion.
How do you react to
assertion made by
the author?

3. By stating that the

assertion is true or
factual.
How do you react to
assertion made by
the author?

4. By stating that the

assertion is just an
opinion of the writer.
How do you react to
assertion made by
the author?

5. By predicting
outcomes based on the
author’s assertion.
 Answer
ASSESSMENT on
pages 11 and 12 on
your English
module.
(This will be
checked on our next
discussion on
Google Meet.)